F5 · 10 hours ago
Director, Software Engineering
San Jose
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$250K/yr - $374K/yr
10+ years expF5 is a company that strives to bring a better digital world to life by empowering organizations to create, secure, and run applications. The Director of Engineering will lead the F5 Security and Distributed Cloud product team, focusing on empowering engineers, recruiting and mentoring talent, and ensuring alignment with corporate strategies and customer needs.
Consumer ElectronicsSaaSSecurityVirtualization
Responsibilities
Act as an advisor and coach to directs on their work and team dynamics
Performance manage directs to enable engineers to operate at their highest potential
Sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates for open positions, onboarding, guidance to staff, conducting performance evaluations, developing performance improvement plans, and taking corrective action as needed
Be knowledgeable and a point of contact for product vision, goals, and process
Align engineers to the corporate and organization’s strategy, focus on customer use cases, experience and quality
Recommend changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s)
Evaluates and reviews new technologies on their applicability to product architecture and design
Model F5 Behaviors and Agile principles
Collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment
Qualification
Required
10+ years hands-on software development experience
Solid product development experience in C / C++, Java, Python and Go
5+ years leading or managing a large geographically distributed team
Proven track record and experience leading engineering projects with teams
Experience and passion for taking a leading role in building complex software systems, delivered successfully to customers
Demonstrated ability in mentoring and developing direct reports
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Demonstrated excellence in written communications
Good experience in web service and REST API design and implementation
Proven experience in public cloud platforms: GCP, AWS, etc
Good understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
Preferred
Knowledge of Application Security Products such as WAAP, Bot, ZTNA, etc
Experience managing both UI, backend and platform engineering teams
Proficient with SQL/ NoSQL Databases
Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (155)
2024 (110)
2023 (211)
2022 (194)
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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