Sr Dir, Software Development Engineering

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

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a senior Lead Systems Software Engineering Manager to lead global teams delivering hardware-software integration for advanced networking platforms.

You will drive schedules, coordinate with product management, and shape architecture decisions while raising the bar on development and testing practices. You will mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and push for AI-assisted tooling and high code coverage.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in software engineering or equivalent degree.
• 15+ years of hands-on software experience.
• 5+ years in senior leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems software engineering teams delivering hardware-software integration.
• Develop, drive schedules, and coordinate with a global team.
• Collaborate with product management, executives, and architects to solve customer challenges.
• Develop and raise the bar on dev and test processes with AI-assisted tooling.
• Foster leadership mindset and high engagement within the team.
• Navigate architecture trade-offs and maintain market-leading position.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI-assisted development

Unix/Linux development

Network processor programming

TCP/IP fundamentals

x86/ARM hardware acceleration

SDLC management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS in software engineering or equivalent degree

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.

What is the Role:

• Lead systems software engineering teams that deliver 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
• Collaborate with product management, executives, and architects to identify how best to solve the customer’s challenges
• Develop and raise the bar on dev and test processes, bringing in the best practices to make the daily life of an engineer enjoyable and productive.
• Develop trusting relationships with team members to motivate, provide clear direction, a sense of belonging for high engagement, and create a space for exceptional performance.
• Be technically deep enough to push on architecture trade-offs, assist with high-paced triage, and navigate multiple variables of hard driving schedules to keep F5 in its market leading position
• Create and promote a leadership mindset across the organization to allow any individual to make a bold impact

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

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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.

The annual base pay for this position is: $318,700.00 - $478,100.00

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].