Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Cloud @ F5

Our SaaS is hybrid running across public cloud and a global network of 50+ PoPs, delivering terabits of capacity and many thousands of devices installed in diverse infrastructure.

What You'll Do:

Be the Architect Behind driving key platform enhancements with resiliency and scale

• Drive reliability and resiliency as part of the platform evolution

• Drive re-architecture & scale of various key components of the platform

Own Roadmap of the platform

• Drive advancements in high-performance networking capabilities, ensuring the platform remains future-ready for evolving connectivity standards and global traffic demands.

• Scale and optimize essential control and data plane components to support seamless expansion and robust system reliability across diverse environments.

• Lead the development of innovative services that enhance operational efficiency and resource utilization in complex network architectures.

• Continuously reduce toil in the development lifecycle through comprehensive testing, intelligent automation, and strategic platform enhancements focused on resilient connectivity.

Collaborate & Mentor

• Work closely with SREs and QA to improve reliability and performance of the product.

• Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of SDLC thinking.

What Makes You a Great Fit?

• Extensive experience in IPv6 development and deployment across cloud-native platforms.

• Demonstrated expertise in re-architecting and scaling large-scale distributed systemsparticularly in hybrid SaaS environments that integrate both cloud and global infrastructure.

• Proficiency with Kubernetes, Golang, and L3-L7 networking principles

• Strong commitment to deep observability, network analytics, and edge automation at scale.

If you love creating a highly resilient platformthat scales, automating everything, and working in a hybrid cloud + networking environment, we want to talk to you!

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.

Must-Have:

Reliability and Resilency Expertise Strong experience in developing highly resilient and reliable systems.

Cloud & Hybrid SaaS Experience Hands-on experience in developing service that arecloud-native (AWS/GCP).

Kubernetes Mastery Hands-on experience working in Kubernetes based environments.

L3-L7 Networking Hands on experience working across the networking stack

Nice-to-Have:

Advanced Observability & Analytics Tools Familiarity with modern time-series databases such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry to drive robust observability and actionable insights.

Security-First Mindset Practical understanding of secure-by-design principles, especially as they apply to monitoring, alerting, and compliance in distributed environments.

Mentorship and Cross-Functional Collaboration Proven ability to guide junior engineers and work effectively with SREs, application developers, and network engineers on complex platform initiatives.

Experience in High Availability & Disaster Recovery Hands-on experience designing or migrating highly available systems, and implementing disaster recovery strategies across hybrid cloud infrastructures.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Familiarity with automating software delivery pipelines for rapid, reliable releases.

Performance Tuning & Profiling Skills in profiling distributed systems and optimizing for latency, throughput, and resource efficiency at scale.

Open Source Contributions Active participation or contributions to relevant open source projects within the cloud-native or networking community.

Qualifications

• Typically, it requires at least 18 years of related experience with a bachelors degree, 15 years and a masters degree, or a PhD with 12 years experience; or equivalent experience.

• Excellent organizational agility and communication skills throughout the organization.

Environment

• Empowered Work Culture: Experience an environment that values autonomy, fostering a culture where creativity and ownership are encouraged.

• Continuous Learning: Benefit from the mentorship of experienced professionals with solid backgrounds across diverse domains, supporting your professional growth.

• Team Cohesion: Join a collaborative and supportive team where you'll feel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and inspiring workplace.