Senior Principal Engineer at F5

You are a seasoned distributed systems expert with at least 18 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s or master’s degree. You possess deep proficiency in

Work type: hybrid

Location: San Jose | Field-TX | F5 Tower

Salary: $234,400 – $351,600/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You are a seasoned distributed systems expert with at least 18 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s or master’s degree. You possess deep proficiency in high-level programming languages and a mastery of networking protocols. **What makes it worth a look...** F5 offers a base salary of $234,400 to $351,600 per year for this hybrid position located in San Jose, Texas, or at the F5 Tower. Beyond the pay, you will shape the architecture of a global distributed cloud platform. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have hands-on experience with L3-L4 networking stacks and DNS/NAT64. * Use Golang, Python, or Java to build scalable microservices. * Work comfortably with Kubernetes and Docker containers in a production environment. * Manage complex database requirements using SQL or NoSQL technologies.

Job Description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5 Inc. is on the lookout for an exceptional Sr Principal Engineer (Individual Contributor). Join our team and play a crucial role in the design and implementation of services on F5's Distributed Cloud Platform (F5XC). Your responsibilities will span research, design, and the construction of highly reliable, available, and scalable platforms, encompassing API definition, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging.
Primary Responsibilities:

Cutting-edge Development and troubleshooting: Engage in desigining and development of edge-native applications and platform services using emerging technologies for F5’s innovative SaaS platform. Troubleshoot complex system issues related to connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64 and other networking technologies

Ownership and Delivery:Troubleshoot complex system issues related to connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64, and other networking technologies

Technology Exploration: Investigate various open-source and closed-source technologies, components, libraries, and tools, contributing to the construction of a highly available, scalable, and manageable system.

Design Patterns and Microservices: Apply understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices, especially in microservices architectures and API design, implementation, and management.

Cloud Knowledge: Experience with cloud-native providers such as MS Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or any major market Cloud vendors and their services is a significant advantage.

Independent Innovation: Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality.

Collaboration: Work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement new product offerings while ensuring continued functionality.

Code Reviews and Guidelines:Follow the best coding practices, and guidelines within the team.

Full Development Cycle: Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product, from understanding requirements to design, development, and deployment phases.

Geographically Distributed Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Distributed Systems Expertise: Knowledge and experience in highly distributed software systems, with the ability to understand nuances and solve problems related to scale, performance, and resiliency.

Programming Languages: Expertise with any combination of programming languages: Golang, Python, Java or any high-level proprietary or open-source language with strong programming constructs.

L3-L4 Networking – Hands-on experience working across the networking stack:

Database Technologies: Must have hands-on experience with SQL or NoSQL technologies.

CICD Methodology: Strong understanding of modern CI/CD methodology and Git-based workflows.

Container Technologies: Experience in Docker technologies, including optimizing Docker images and managing Docker image lifecycle. Experience in orchestration systems like Kubernetes and container technologies.

Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Interpersonal and Leadership Skills: Strong interpersonal, team-building, and mentoring skills.

Educational Qualifications: Typically requires a minimum of 18+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree / master's degree.

Environment:

Freedom and Learning: Embrace an environment that fosters freedom, continuous learning, and ownership.

Mentorship: Benefit from great mentors with solid backgrounds in various areas, eager to contribute to your professional development.

Team Collaboration: Join a great team where you will feel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and supportive workplace culture.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $234,400.00 - $351,600.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link:[https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits](https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits). F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or@myworkday.com).

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