Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Cloud @ F5

• Lead the design and development of highly available, distributed services for F5s Distributed Cloud Platform.

• Drive architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across multi-cloud and edge deployments.

• Mentor and guide senior and mid-level engineers, promoting engineering excellence and best practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teamsincluding Product, UX, and Site Reliability Engineeringto translate business requirements into robust, maintainable technical solutions.

• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and approaches to improve the platforms capabilities and developer productivity.

• Lead deep technical reviews of architecture, design, and code to ensure the highest quality deliverables.

• Partner with leadership to set technical roadmaps and standards for distributed systems development.

• Act as a thought leader for distributed cloud services internally and externally, including technical blogs, whitepapers, and conference presentations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, including 5+ years building distributed systemsat scale.

• Proven expertise in at least one modern programming language (Go, Java, Python, or similar) and proficiency in multi-threaded and asynchronous programming.

• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads.

• Deep understanding of networking, security, APIs, and data consistency models in distributed environments.

• Demonstrated success in technical leadership roles, influencing cross-team architecture and delivering complex projects.

• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability, and operational excellence practices.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments.

• Familiarity with distributed data stores, messaging systems, and event-driven architectures.

• Contributions to open-source projects related to distributed systems, networking, or cloud computing.