Senior Software Engineer – Golang & Cloud Microservices

F5, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Modern Apps team. The role focuses on building microservices and SaaS components for public cloud platforms, with independent design, implementation, and testing responsibilities.

You will work on APIs, networking, and security challenges, including load balancers, gateways, and OpenTelemetry. Mentoring junior team members and contributing to SLA-driven SaaS delivery are core expectations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in relevant roles.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a globally distributed team to design, code, and test robust, scalable, loosely coupled components for SaaS applications hosted on public cloud platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex software challenges involving network, security, and web technologies, including HTTP load balancers, API gateways, and related systems.
• Work cross functionally integrating, testing and debugging issues with existing system wide software.
• Take part in product support, bug triaging, and bug-fixing activities on a rotating schedule to ensure the SaaS service meets its SLA commitments.
• Mentor junior developers while demonstrating leadership.

Skills

Golang

Rust

C++

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Networking

HTTP

gRPC

TLS

REST APIs

OpenTelemetry

NGINX

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

NGINX

Job description

F5 is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Modern Apps team. The role focuses on building microservices and SaaS components for public cloud platforms, with independent design, implementation, and testing responsibilities.

You will work on APIs, networking, and security challenges, including load balancers, gateways, and OpenTelemetry. Mentoring junior team members and contributing to SLA-driven SaaS delivery are core expectations.