Sr Director, Engineering

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.

Are you ready to shape the future of engineering for the F5 Distributed Cloud product Were looking for an exceptional Senior Director of Engineering to drive engineering excellence scale innovative teams and make bold advancements in cloud technology. If youre inspired by the challenge of creating the next-generation cloud data plane designed to power AI traffic and modern applications and overseeing multiple cloud services this is your opportunity to make a global impact.

As the Senior Director of Engineering youll lead our data path engineering teams guiding them in designing and delivering scalable solutions at the intersection of distributed cloud services artificial intelligence and high-performance applications. You will play a pivotal role in operating and optimizing multiple cloud services that serve our global user base.

• Champion Vision and Direction: Build and optimize the cloud data plane for AI traffic and modern distributed applications ensuring high availability scalability and state-of-the-art performance.
• Run Multiple Cloud Services: Take ownership of operating and scaling multiple cloud services. This involves managing distributed systems and ensuring they meet robust performance security and reliability benchmarks.
• Define the Strategic Framework: Develop a comprehensive operational strategy that fosters sustainable engineering growth aligned with business goals for the F5 Distributed Cloud. Drive innovation and empower teams to turn ambitious ideas into groundbreaking realities.
• Revolutionize Processes: Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies within engineering workflows. Introduce tools and mechanisms for automation and seamless coordination in a high-growth distributed team environment.
• Scale Engineering Excellence: Develop a roadmap for scaling engineering processes infrastructure and global team structures focusing on efficiency and quality without compromising innovation.
• Collaborate to Innovate: Work cross-functionally with product management design and engineering leaders ensuring seamless alignment of engineering direction with product delivery milestones.
• Elevate Engineering Infrastructure: Oversee investments in cutting-edge tools including CI/CD pipelines project management systems and communication platforms that propel engineering productivity to the next level.
• Metrics That Matter: Set KPIs and use data to inform strategic decisions. Drive improvements based on actionable insights and measurable outcomes.
• Talent Supercharger: Nurture leadership within the teams. Build a high-performance collaborative culture that inspires engineers to stay ahead of the curve and excel continuously.
• Master Resource Management: Plan and deploy resources effectively to support ambitious operational goals and engineering demands while managing budgets with precision.
  

• Leadership Mastery: 10 years of experience scaling and leading engineering teams with hands-on success in distributed global organizations.
• Proven Experience Running a Cloud Service: Hands-on experience operating scaling and managing a cloud serviceincluding addressing performance reliability and security at scaleabsolutely required.
• Cloud Expertise: Proven experience working with cloud services (AWS Azure GCP) and designing architectures that support cutting-edge AI traffic workflows and modern application demands.
• Trailblazer in Technology Innovation: A deep understanding of cloud data planes for delivering scalable high-performance solutions to drive AI-powered applications.
• Strategic Visionary: You excel at translating vision into execution driving operational excellence even in fast-paced high-growth technology organizations.
• Data-Driven Problem Solver: You thrive on using metrics and analytical insights to guide strategic decisions and engineering success.
• Cross-functional Connector: Exceptional collaboration and stakeholder management prowess make you a trusted and respected partner aligning diverse teams behind common objectives.
• Inspiring Leader: Your ability to build trust influence and culture makes you a builder of teams that collaborate innovate and win.
  

• Expertise in creating distributed cloud data planes specifically for AI-driven traffic and intelligent applications.
• Experience scaling engineering organizations at technology companies with DevOps practices and agile methodologies at their core.
• Deep knowledge of cutting-edge tooling ecosystems CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native technologies.
• Demonstrated success in managing global teams across diverse geographies and time zones.
  

This isnt just a job; its an opportunity to lead engineering at the intersection of AI cloud infrastructure and modern applications. If youre excited about scaling innovation transforming engineering operations and running world-class cloud services apply now to shape whats next at F5 Distributed Cloud.

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 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.

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