Sr. AI Solutions Engineer

F5 Networks, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 199,000 - 298,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc. is seeking a Sr. AI Solutions Engineer to join the Financial Data Analytics team.

You will own design and implementation across the application lifecycle, turning AI prototypes into secure, reliable applications used by Finance and other organizations. This is an applied engineering role focused on practical solutions, not research. You will work with Python/SQL, build LLM-based workflows, integrate enterprise data sources, and enforce secure, auditable deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of five years in software engineering, applied AI, data engineering, or automation.
• Experience delivering production LLM applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI applications spanning knowledge assistance, document processing, financial analysis, and multi-step workflow automation.
• Assess prototypes and turn them into maintainable applications with usable interfaces and enterprise integrations.
• Establish automated testing and AI evaluations for grounding, accuracy, and business scenarios.
• Implement secure deployment and operational practices with access controls and audit logging.

Skills

Python

SQL

LLM apps

API integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Data Science

Tools

Git

SharePoint

Copilot Studio

Tableau

Salesforce

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. We are seeking an experienced Sr. AI Solutions Engineer to join our Financial Data Analytics team and advance AI and automation across F5’s CFO organization. This senior, hands‑on individual contributor will transform business needs and early AI prototypes into secure, reliable applications that other teams can confidently use and support. You will own technical design and implementation across the application lifecycle, partnering with Finance stakeholders and F5’s Digital organization. This is an applied engineering role—not a research or presales position. You will bring independent technical judgment, establish reusable engineering patterns, and help shape how Finance adopts AI responsibly and at scale.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI applications spanning knowledge assistance, document processing, financial analysis, and multi-step workflow automation.
• Assess existing prototypes and develop them into maintainable applications with usable interfaces, enterprise integrations, and clear operational ownership.
• Build reliable connections to approved enterprise systems and data sources, incorporating permission‑aware retrieval, validated queries, and controlled knowledge updates.
• Establish automated testing and AI evaluations covering factual grounding, task completion, numerical accuracy, exception handling, and representative business scenarios.
• Implement secure deployment and operational practices, including access controls, human approval gates, audit logging, monitoring, cost management, and recovery procedures.
• Translate stakeholder needs into requirements, architecture, estimates, and acceptance criteria; select AI, conventional automation, or existing tools as appropriate.
• Create reusable components, documentation, and support runbooks; review vendor deliverables and support knowledge transfer, demonstrations, and team enablement.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong Python and SQL skills, with demonstrated ownership of production applications from technical design through deployment and ongoing support.
• Hands‑on experience building LLM applications using retrieval‑augmented generation, structured outputs, tool calling, and controlled multi‑step workflows.
• Experience integrating enterprise APIs and data sources, including authentication, authorization, background processing, retries, timeouts, and failure recovery.
• Practical expertise in software and AI testing, Git, deployment pipelines, environment management, monitoring, and release procedures.
• Understanding of secure AI application design, including sensitive‑data handling, least privilege, prompt‑injection risks, source attribution, and human oversight.
• Ability to independently resolve ambiguous technical problems and communicate tradeoffs clearly to business stakeholders and technical partners.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit, or other control‑sensitive functions, including document generation and evidence‑based decision support.
• Experience with enterprise cloud AI services, Microsoft Graph, Dataverse, SharePoint, Copilot Studio, or comparable platforms.
• Experience building MCP servers or integrations, lightweight web applications, and reusable services; familiarity with Salesforce, Tableau, or enterprise warehouses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of five years in software engineering, applied AI, data engineering, or automation, including demonstrated delivery of production LLM applications.

The annual base pay for this position is: $198,900.00 - $298,300.00 F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change. You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

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].

Hybrid: Employees within 30 commutable miles of an F5 office are required to work from the office a minimum of 30 business days per quarter. Remote: Primarily work from designated home location but can come into an F5 office to work or travel to an offsite location as needed.

Together, we're building a better digital world. Founded in 1996, F5 is a global leader in application delivery and security. Our premier platform helps customers secure and deliver every app, API, and piece of infrastructure across all environments. Backed by over three decades of expertise and 553 patents, our solutions protect against threats while ensuring fast, reliable digital experiences. With over 6,400 employees, we serve more than 23,000 customers in over 170 countries. To continue this work, we need people like you—the best minds in the industry. We're committed to a unique, human‑first culture that encourages authenticity, prioritizes diversity and inclusion, and fosters the growth and success of our employees.