Senior Software Engineer

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.

Position Summary:

F5 Inc. is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team working on F5’s exciting and innovative new AI data platform.  Your responsibilities will span research, design, and the construction of highly reliable, available, and scalable services, encompassing API definition, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Cutting-edge Development: Engage in the development of AI/ML operationalization using emerging technologies.
• Ownership and Delivery: Take ownership of software components, ensuring the delivery of complete products that meet functional, scale, performance, and manageability requirements.
• 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.
• Multi-Language Coding: Hands-on coding in multiple languages, considering performance, scalability, maintainability, and flexibility.
• 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 Expertise: Experience with cloud-native providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or any major market Cloud vendors and their services is an advantage.
• Independent Innovation: Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and champion best practices to the team.
• 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: Perform code reviews, set 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.
• Distributed Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams in the US.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Programming Languages: Expertise with any combination of programming languages: Golang, Java, Python, Scala, C++ or any high-level proprietary or open-source language with strong programming constructs. Some experience with front-end development is an advantage.
• API-First Applications: Good understanding of API driven product development.
• Database Technologies: Experience with SQL or NoSQL technologies.
• CICD Methodology: Strong understanding of modern CI/CD methodology and Git-based workflows.
• Container Technologies: Experience in container technologies like Docker and orchestration systems like Kubernetes is a plus.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal and Leadership Skills: Strong interpersonal, team-building, and mentoring skills.
• Educational Qualifications: BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of software development experience.

Environment:

• Freedom and Learning: Embrace an environment that 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'll feel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and supportive workplace culture.

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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.

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. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

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Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.