Senior Director, Systems Software & AI-Driven Networking

F5 Networks, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 319,000 - 478,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc. seeks a senior leader to head systems software engineering for hardware platforms. You will drive development, set schedules, and coordinate a global team to deliver industry-leading technologies that power complex deployments.

You will collaborate with product management, executives, and architects to solve customer challenges, raise engineering discipline, and promote AI-assisted processes while sustaining fast delivery cycles.

Qualifications

• Experience in application delivery technologies or similar technologies a must.
• Demonstrated ability to attract, build and retain an engineering team, supported by a strong engineering management team and org structure that can continue to scale
• Proven ability to partner with Product Management and other cross-functional teams, define and execute against a technical roadmap
• Lead the adoption and roll out of AI-assisted development tools for highly automated processes
• Hands-on capabilities to create AI context fabrics with verification of its effectiveness and be able to tune and continuously improve
• Get to best in class levels of code coverage through unit and functional test suites enhanced with AI processes
• Experience with x86/ARM hardware acceleration for Networking
• Expertise in using Unix/Linux development tools, and Linux virtualization
• Experience in network processor programming
• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals, multicast protocols, L2 switching technologies, IPsec
• BS/MS in software engineering or equivalent degree with 15+ years of hands-on experience and 5+ years in senior leadership roles
• Proven expertise in managing projects throughout the entire SDLC, delivering products to market on schedule, and ensuring feedback loops from customers into development

Responsibilities

• Lead systems software engineering teams delivering industry-leading technologies for hardware platforms with increasingly complex software deployment architectures.
• Develop, drive schedules, and coordinate with a diverse and global team to achieve large game-changing outcomes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

SDLC management

Unix/Linux development tools

Networking (TCP/IP, L2, IPsec)

x86/ARM hardware acceleration

AI-assisted development tools

Collaboration with product management

Leadership experience 15+ years

Education

BS/MS in software engineering or equivalent

Tools

Unix/Linux development tools

Linux virtualization

Networking hardware acceleration

AI development tooling

Job description

F5 Networks, Inc. seeks a senior leader to head systems software engineering for hardware platforms. You will drive development, set schedules, and coordinate a global team to deliver industry-leading technologies that power complex deployments.

You will collaborate with product management, executives, and architects to solve customer challenges, raise engineering discipline, and promote AI-assisted processes while sustaining fast delivery cycles.