Principal Engineer, Software

F5 Networks; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks is looking for a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer to enhance their distributed cloud services platform. You will design and implement scalable solutions while leading control path development in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in routing protocols, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud technology and networking.
• Deep expertise in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF).
• Strong coding proficiency in C++/Golang.

Responsibilities

• Lead control path development for XC product line.
• Design scalable, high-performance solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Routing protocols

Networking fundamentals

Distributed systems

Cloud technology

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Education

14+ years of software engineering experience

10+ years in designing large-scale distributed systems

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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.

At F5, we are building a distributed cloud services (XC) platform designed to support large-scale, high-performance, and highly available services across multi-cloud environments. The Control Plane Team is seeking an experienced Principal/Senior Principal Engineer with deep technical expertise in routing protocols, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems. You will work on the development and lifecycle of a multi-cloud platform, primarily within AWS environments, leveraging Kubernetes (K8s) for orchestration.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in routing protocols (BGP, iBGP, OSPF, etc.) and networking fundamentals. Experience working with distributed systems, Kubernetes, and AWS environments is highly desirable. You will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable and resilient control and data plane solutions. Additionally, your leadership experience and technical expertise will help guide the future direction of our product.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadcontrol path developmentfor theXC product line, focusing onscalabilityandhigh availabilityin distributed cloud environments.
• Design and implementscalable,high-performance solutionsfor distributed cloud(XC).
• Technically lead major system components indistributed systems, from design to implementation.
• Create and maintain functional specifications and design documents to clearly communicate design decisions and solutions.
• Proactively identify and resolve keytechnical challengesrelated toperformance,security, andscalability.
• Continuously improve theperformanceandreliabilityof the platform, ensuring it meetsoperational demands.
• Investigate and propose solutions tosecurity vulnerabilitieswithin the platform, includingthird-party integrations.
• Mentorjunior engineersand serve as a source oftechnical expertiseacross the team.
• Communicate effectively withinternal stakeholders, presenting complextechnical conceptsto both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• 14+ yearsof software engineering experience, with10+ yearsin designing and implementing large-scaledistributed systems.
• Prior experience with cloud technology and networking, routing platforms, control plane, Docker, Kubernetes, public cloud (Azure, AWS) etc.

• Deep expertise inrouting protocol (BGP, OSPF andIPSec routing) and networking protocols(TCP,UDP,L4-L7,HTTP,BGP,IPSec) is mandatory.
• Experience withcloud networking platformsandcommercial BGP routing solutions.
• Strong coding proficiency inC++/Golang, with a proven track record of leading complex software development efforts.
• Hands-on experience withDocker,K8s, andmicroservices architecturein cloud environments.
• Strongarchitectural skillsin designinghighly available,real-time systemsin distributed environments.
• Proven experience driving complex SW development and test efforts in small and fast paced organizations, with an understanding of the trade-offs that must be made to ensure timeliness and quality.

• Excellentcommunication,collaboration, andleadership skills, with the ability to lead and mentor teams effectively.
• Passion for learning new technologies, and a track record of doing so.

Nice to have:

• Experience withRoute ReflectorsandBGP Confederationsfor managing complexBGP deploymentsin large-scale environments.
• Understanding ofroute dampening,BGP path attributes, andBGP synchronization techniques.

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.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com) .

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [e-mail].