Director, Product Software Architecture and Eng

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Job Summary

Equinix Incubation builds the systems that support the software delivery lifecycle end to end, with humans directing the work and owning every critical gate. This role owns the product, the roadmap, and the engineering team behind that capability. You will lead the engineering pods building the orchestration layer, persona consoles, agent capabilities, dashboards, and enterprise integrations, carrying the roadmap from first MVP through live adoption and organization-wide scale.This is a player-coach leadership role for someone who can connect product vision, architectural direction, executive alignment, and team-building into one coherent delivery strategy.

Responsibilities

Own the Product and the Roadmap

• Define and drive the delivery-engine roadmap across orchestrator, agent fleet, consoles, dashboards, and enterprise integrations, sequenced for measurable value

• Make the build-measure-learn loop real: ship in sprints, pilot with live delivery teams, and let adoption and telemetry reshape the plan

• Own trade-off decisions across scope, quality, cost, and speed, and defend them with data in front of senior leadership

• Build and Lead the Pods

• Hire, grow, and retain a small, exceptional team of agent engineers, platform engineers, and delivery talent across the UK and India

• Run lean pods where agents do the routine work and people do the judgment work; model that way of working yourself

• Set a high and supportive performance bar through clear expectations, direct feedback, strong coaching, and meaningful career growth

Prove the Value

• Own the value story: cycle time, throughput, quality, adoption, and realized business value, instrumented and reported clearly

• Keep the economics honest: agent cost, platform cost, and capacity unlocked, treated as first-class engineering metrics

• Turn pilot wins into an expansion case that finance and function leaders believe

Set the Operating Standard

• Establish how agent-first engineering is done: evals as release gates, human-in-the-loop approvals, and responsible AI governance in partnership with InfoSec, architecture, and enterprise AI governance teams

• Represent the platform in architecture and governance forums, and keep the roadmap aligned with enterprise platform and data strategy

• Share patterns, standards, and playbooks so other teams can adopt what your team proves

What Success Looks Like

• The delivery engine is in daily use by live delivery teams, with measurable cycle-time and quality gains that stand up to finance scrutiny

• You have built a team with a hiring record, retention, and performance bar that reflect the ambition of the mandate

• Executives trust your roadmap because what you commit to ships, and what ships gets measured

• The operating standards your team sets are being adopted beyond your immediate organization

Qualifications

Required

• Proven years in software engineering, including 5+ years leading engineering teams or engineering-led products

• A record of shipping and scaling platforms or products in an enterprise, from first release through adoption

• Hands-on fluency with modern AI: LLM-powered applications, agentic systems, and what it takes to make them production-grade

• Strong architectural judgment across APIs, event-driven systems, cloud platforms, and enterprise integration

• Proven hiring and talent development record, including building distributed teams

• Executive-grade communication: you can carry a room of senior stakeholders with a clear, honest narrative

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI or automation platforms into regulated or security-conscious enterprises

• Experience with agent frameworks and protocols such as MCP or A2A, and with eval-driven quality practices

• Experience running product operating models: roadmaps, funding cases, value realization

• Background in developer platforms, SDLC tooling, or engineering productivity

Core Competencies

Product & Technical Leadership

• Roadmap ownership; architectural judgment; trade-off decision-making; systems thinking

People Leadership

• Hiring and talent development; lean pod design; coaching; distributed team leadership

AI-First Operating Model

• Agent-first ways of working; evals and governance; human-in-the-loop design; value instrumentation

Executive Influence

• Narrative and communication; stakeholder alignment; funding and value cases; calm under scrutiny

Why This Role

• Incubation is a durable capability, not a project team: the team persists, and the product focus evolves. Agentic delivery is the first product; future incubation opportunities will follow

• In this role, you will define how AI-first engineering works at Equinix and build the team that proves it. Few Director roles offer this combination of product ownership, architectural influence, executive visibility, and team-building scope

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 200,000 - 300,000 USD / Annual

Canada - Toronto Office TRO : 166,000 - 248,000 CAD / Annual

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

Equinix Benefits

As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. We ensure all your benefits are in line with our core values: competitive, inclusive, sustainable, connected and efficient. We keep them competitive within the current marketplace to ensure we’re providing you with the best package possible. So, wherever you are in your career and life, you’ll be able to enhance your experience and bring your whole self to work.

Employee Assistance Program : An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.

US Benefits: - Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members. - Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future. - Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms. Canada Core Benefits: - Insurance: You may enroll in healthcare coverage that is designed to complement the provincial healthcare system, along with life, disability and optional benefit plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members. - Retirement: You may also enroll in Equinix-sponsored retirement or savings plans: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA). - Vacation and Paid Holidays: Equinix offers both vacation and personal time, along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits. Benefits are subject to specific plan or program terms, and to change at Equinix discretion.

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