Principal 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.

Help build BIGIP Next’s highly performant and scalable data plane that is responsible for delivering and securing application traffic on-premises, within colocation facilities, in the cloud, or at the edge. We are looking for a Principal Engineer for core data plane teams that can support the short-term tactical needs of data plane features while helping to build a strategic vision to take data plane to next level utilizing Gen AI technologies.

Position Summary

Key designer, responsible for the design, development and implementation of complete software components. Designs, develops and maintains high-quality code for highly complex product components. Manages assigned projects and work flow of engineers, serves as mentor to junior staff members. Participates on cross-functional design projects, serving as organizational spokesperson on advanced projects/programs. Assists in the generation and promotion of new theories, concepts, principles and methodologies within a specialty area. Often knowledge is self-taught as formal training in emerging technologies may not exist. Performs analysis to define design requirements for modification to existing tools, utilities, system structures, environments. Helps detail all aspects of product design and ensures that resulting design specification fits into technical architectural framework. Engages with customers and Product Management to deliver product solutions and influence product roadmap.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as technical expert for a module/system
• Leads analysis of requirements and defines the design for new and modification of existing tools, utilities, environments, modules/systems
• Plan and implement the design specifications for the engineering project.
• Assists Architects and Managers with project scope and estimating
• Sets the direction and assists with the technical work flow of other engineers within the scope of assigned projects.
• Liaises with cross-functional teams to ensure that project is delivered in its entirety.
• Act as a mentor for junior members of the team
• Recommends and maintains technical design methodologies, processes and standards
• Participates on cross functional design teams to develop expertise in other modules/systems
• Engages with customers to address escalations and devise solutions
• Engages with Product Management to drive detailed product requirements
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Expert Knowledge and extensive experience with vertical stack technologies.
• Experience developing complex product development initiatives from concept through release.
• Extensive development experience in embedded operating systems.
• Exceptional problem solving.
• Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.
• Regularly finds ways to communicate widely through discussions, white papers, publications and other.
• Regularly demonstrates collaboration by promoting others’ ideas, influencing others, and making teams successful.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications
• Regarded as technical lead by peers and management.
• Must be a Subject Matter Expert in multiple skill areas.
• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table. 
• Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material.
• Duties may require being on call periodically or working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends).  Duties may require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane, approximately 5% of the time spent traveling.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience wi