F5 · 7 hours ago
Sr Software Engineer, Distributed Cloud
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $265K/yr
10+ years expF5 is a company dedicated to enhancing the digital world through innovative cybersecurity solutions. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement services on their Distributed Cloud Platform, focusing on the development of edge-native applications and ensuring reliable and scalable systems.
Consumer ElectronicsSaaSSecurityVirtualization
Responsibilities
Cutting-edge Development: Engage in the development of edge-native applications and platform services using emerging technologies for F5’s innovative SaaS platform
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
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
Qualification
Required
10+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 3+ years and a master's degree
Knowledge and experience in highly distributed software systems, with the ability to understand nuances and solve problems related to scale, performance, and resiliency
Expertise with any combination of programming languages: Golang, Python, Java or any high-level proprietary or open-source language with strong programming constructs
Good understanding of programming fundamentals and their application to highly scalable web-based systems
Hands-on experience working across the networking stack (L3-L7)
Must have hands-on experience with SQL or NoSQL technologies
Strong understanding of modern CI/CD methodology and Git-based workflows
Experience in Docker technologies, including optimizing Docker images and managing Docker image lifecycle
Experience in orchestration systems like Kubernetes and container technologies like Docker is a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal, team-building, and mentoring skills
Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product, from understanding requirements to design, development, and deployment phases
Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams
Engage in the development of edge-native applications and platform services using emerging technologies for F5's innovative SaaS platform
Take ownership of software components, ensuring the delivery of complete products that meet functional, scale, performance, and manageability requirements
Investigate various open-source and closed-source technologies, components, libraries, and tools, contributing to the construction of a highly available, scalable, and manageable system
Apply understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices, especially in microservices architectures and API design, implementation, and management
Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality
Work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement new product offerings while ensuring continued functionality
Follow the best coding practices, and guidelines within the team
Benefits
Incentive compensation
Bonus
Restricted stock units
Benefits
Company
F5 is a multi-cloud application services and security company that specializes in application security, performance, and delivery.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2020-11-08Post Ipo Equity
1999-06-04IPO
1998-09-24Series Unknown
Leadership Team
François Locoh-Donou
President and CEO
Mohan Veloo
Chief Technology Officer - Asia Pacific, China & Japan
Recent News
2025-12-24
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