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Position Summary
F5 is seeking a skilled Software Engineer III to contribute to the delivery of F5’s AI Gateway and its integrations across F5’s existing hardware, software, and hybrid offerings. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical expertise, curiosity to explore new domains, and the ability to design and build reliable, scalable systems in a collaborative environment.
This role involves working on distributed systems and hybrid deployment models while balancing tradeoffs between monolithic and microservice architectures. The engineer will work closely with senior technical staff and architects to implement systems that can be consumed across a range of new and legacy platforms.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test components of large-scale distributed systems.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, and other engineers to define and deliver features.
- Develop software components primarily in Go, with flexibility to use other languages as needed.
- Write and maintain technical documentation for internal developers.
- Participate in design and code reviews, ensuring adherence to quality and performance standards.
- Partner with project managers to estimate tasks, assess risks, and discuss tradeoffs in scope and timeline.
- Support the development and continuous improvement of CI/CD, testing, and observability practices.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Essential
- Strong proficiency in the Go programming language.
- Experience with containerization and cloud-native deployment practices.
- Solid understanding of operating system fundamentals, Linux networking, and load balancing concepts.
- Experience building, testing, and debugging distributed systems.
- Familiarity with API design and consumption using HTTP and gRPC.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics in business terms.
- Comfort working asynchronously in a globally distributed team.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Python, Rust, or WebAssembly.
- Exposure to AI/ML technologies (e.g., NLP, LLMs).
- Working knowledge of databases, both relational and modern NoSQL systems.
- Familiarity with hardware acceleration technologies (SmartNICs, DPUs, GPUs, FPGAs).
Qualifications
- Typically 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software.
- Strong understanding of software engineering practices, including testing, security, and continuous delivery.
- Experience supporting or deploying production systems with high reliability and performance expectations.
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: $137,600.00 - $206,400.00F5 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 accommodations@f5.com.