Sr Principal Software Engineer
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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.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of DNS & GSLB for BIGIP Next responsible for delivering and securing application traffic across diverse environments including onpremises colocation facilities cloud and edge solutions. This role is pivotal in driving both tactical and strategic initiatives integrating advanced technologies including Generative AI to enhance our DNS/GSLB capabilities. The ideal candidate will exhibit exceptional technical leadership mentoring abilities and a vision for innovation that aligns with the companys longterm goals.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serve as the technical lead for DNS/GSLB modules/systems guiding design and architecture decisions that align with organizational objectives.
- Design and implement DNS/GSLB stack for all the product offerings.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Liaise with crossfunctional teams including Product Management and Customer Support to ensure seamless delivery of product features and enhancements.
- Drive research efforts to explore new technologies and methodologies translating findings into actionable design improvements and product enhancements.
- Act as a mentor for junior members of the team.
- Actively communicate technical concepts through discussions white papers and presentations.
- Perform other related duties as assigned which may include oncall responsibilities or travel as necessary (approximately 5.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Must have strong DNS/GSLB expertise along with other L2L7 network protocols.
- Must be expert at C/C/GO programming language.
- Well versed in cloud technology and deployment models with a focus on scalability and performance.
- Expert in system programming enabling efficient DNS/GSLB operations.
- Exceptional analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
- Knowledge and expertise in software engineering methodologies and practices for the full software development process including coding standards code reviews build processes CI/CD testing and operations.
- Strong ability to thrive in a fastpaced highperformance environment while effectively collaborating with diverse teams.
- Demonstrated excellence in all written communications ensuring clarity and precision in technical documentation.
Qualifications:
Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of industry experience with a Bachelors degree; or 12 years with a Masters degree; or a PhD with 8 years of experience; or equivalent experience.
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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 allinclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $188436.00 $282654.00F5 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 F5s 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 F5s benefits can be found at the following link:https://www.f5/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 or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5 or @myworkday.
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 .
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
