Software Development Engineer 2, Distributed Cloud

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Position Summary: 

F5 Inc. is on the lookout for an exceptional SE II (Individual Contributor). Join our team and play a crucial role in the design and implementation of services on F5's Distributed Cloud Platform (F5XC). Your responsibilities will span research, design, and the construction of highly reliable, available, and scalable platforms, encompassing API definition, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Cutting-edge Development and troubleshooting: Engage in the development of edge-native applications and platform services using emerging technologies for F5’s innovative SaaS platform. Troubleshoot complex system issues related to IPv6, including connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64, and other networking technologies 

• Ownership and Delivery:Troubleshoot complex system issues related to IPv6, including connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64, and other networking technologies 

•  Technology Exploration: Investigate various open-source and closed-source technologies, components, libraries, and tools, contributing to the construction of a highly available, scalable, and manageable system. 

• Design Patterns and Microservices: Apply understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices, especially in microservices architectures and API design, implementation, and management. 

• Cloud Knowledge: Experience with cloud-native providers such as MS Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or any major market Cloud vendors and their services is a significant advantage. 

• Independent Innovation: Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality. 

• Collaboration: Work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement new product offerings while ensuring continued functionality. 

• Code Reviews and Guidelines: Follow the best coding practices, and guidelines within the team. 

• Full Development Cycle: Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product, from understanding requirements to design, development, and deployment phases. 

• Geographically Distributed Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams. 

Required Skills: 

• Minimum of 4+ years of related experience with programming proficiency in C++ or Golang
• 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 environments. 
• L3-L7 Networking – Hands on experience working across the networking stack 

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to fix and troubleshoot complex system issues related to IPv6, including connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64, and other networking technologies
• Container Technologies: Experience in Docker technologies, including optimizing Docker images and managing Docker image lifecycle. Experience in orchestration systems like Kubernetes and container technologies like Docker is a plus. 
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• 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. 

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.

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 [email protected].