If youre passionate about engineering robust solutions for large-scale distributed software infrastructures especially those spanning both control and data planes this position offers end-to-end ownership of mission-critical components that power advanced networking capabilities and future-proof connectivity.
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 infrastruc ture .
Be the Architect Behind driving key platform enhancements with resiliency and scale
Own Roadmap of the platform
What Makes You a Great Fit?
If you love creating a highly resilient platform that scale s , automating everything, and working in a hybrid cloud + networking environment , we want to talk to you!
Reliability and Resilen cy Expertise Strong experience in developing highly resilient and reliable systems.
Cloud & Hybrid SaaS Experience Hands-on experience in developing service that are cloud-native (AWS/GCP) .
Kubernetes Mastery Hands-on experience working in Kubernetes based e n vironments.
L3-L7 Networking Hands on experience working across the networking stack
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.
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Typically, it requires at least 1 8 years of related experience with a bachelor s degree, 1 5 years and a master s degree, or a PhD with 12 years experience; or equivalent experience.
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 accommodations@f5.com .
