Principle Data Engineer, Distributed Cloud

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.

Principal Data Engineer – Distributed Cloud  

Join the team working on F5’s next-generation cloud-native ADC-as-a-Service platform. We're building a high-performance, programmable application delivery platform at global scale. This is a rare opportunity to shape core infrastructure, work across Customer Edge (CE) and Regional Edge (RE) deployments, and build cutting-edge observability, security, and automation features. If you're passionate about performance, scale, and elegant systems design—this is your moment. 

About the F5 Cloud and Edge Team  

At F5, we make apps faster, smarter, and safer. Come work within the F5 Cloud and Edge team in a fast past environment charting the course for F5’s future. You will join an effort to contribute to F5’s cloud and edge solutions to secure and accelerate our customers’ applications. Be a part of a company known for our excellent culture. We believe that cultivating leadership, ownership, driving clarity of purpose and supporting growth with every person is the key to our success!    

Responsibilities 

• Design and implement core components of our new platform, integrating F5 technologies into the XC environment. 

• Lead architecture and development of scalable, distributed systems for application delivery and control/config planes. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, QA, SRE, and UI to deliver milestone objectives. 

• Drive performance tuning, observability, and security integration across CE and RE nodes. 

• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and innovation. 

• Participate in milestone planning, demos, and technical reviews to ensure alignment and delivery. 

• Regularly assists Architects and Managers with project scope and estimating 

• Architect and lead the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance data pipelines across distributed cloud and edge environments. 

• Drive technical strategy for data infrastructure, aligning engineering efforts with business goals and product roadmaps. 

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, analytics, and infrastructure teams to ensure data solutions meet evolving organizational needs. 

• Champion data governance, observability, and automation practices to ensure reliability, compliance, and operational excellence. 

Qualifications 

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed systems and cloud-native architectures. 

• BS/BA or MS in Computer Science/related field or equivalent work experience.  

• Expertise in programming languages such as Go, C/C++, or Rust. 

• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and mentor senior engineers. 

• Familiarity with observability to