Principal AI Security and Delivery Platform Engineer

F5 Networks, Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 226,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead hands-on technical work on the AI Security and Delivery Platform across multi‑cloud and Kubernetes‑native infrastructures.

You will own end‑to‑end component design, data plane efficiency, control plane integrations, and advanced AI security and traffic delivery controls, mentoring teams and collaborating with product management.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in CS/CE or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of software engineering in high‑performance networking or cloud security.
• Proficient in Go, C, or Rust with Kubernetes internals experience.
• Experience with multi‑cloud networking across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, and deploy scalable AI control planes and data planes.
• Lead architectural reviews, drive code quality, and enforce standards.
• Mentor senior engineers and collaborate with product teams.
• Build Kubernetes‑native operators and CRDs bridging multi‑cloud environments.

Skills

Go

C

Rust

Kubernetes internals

Multi-cloud networking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE

Tools

Kubernetes

CRDs

Go tooling

Job description

F5 Networks, Inc is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead hands-on technical work on the AI Security and Delivery Platform across multi‑cloud and Kubernetes‑native infrastructures.

You will own end‑to‑end component design, data plane efficiency, control plane integrations, and advanced AI security and traffic delivery controls, mentoring teams and collaborating with product management.