Principal Software Development Engineer
F5 Networks1 day ago
Spokane Valley, WA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$188k - $282k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own medium- to large-scale platform initiatives and provide architectural leadership focused on testability, observability, and resilience.
- Define quality assurance strategy, technical roadmaps, standards, metrics, and controls across major product lines.
- Design, develop, and enhance enterprise-grade automated test frameworks and analyze source code to identify quality gaps.
- Troubleshoot complex software and hardware defects, evaluate system trade-offs, and drive root-cause resolution.
- Mentor engineers on testing methodologies, automation practices, and designing for quality.
- Present technical data, quality metrics, and risk assessments to senior management.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 10 years of related experience; or a master's degree with 8 years; or a PhD with 5 years; or equivalent work history.
- Progressive experience in software development and software or hardware quality assurance engineering, including extensive test framework development.
- Deep expertise in quality assurance methodologies, enterprise network architectures, and modern testing paradigms.
- Development experience with REST APIs, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, and languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C++.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, technical strategy, mentoring, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Benefits
- Annual base pay is $188,000.00-$282,000.00, with potential incentive compensation, bonuses, restricted stock units, and benefits.
About F5 Networks
F5, Inc. builds application delivery and security products for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning on‑premises, cloud, and edge environments. It sells software, hardware appliances, and SaaS subscriptions for load balancing, WAF, API security, DDoS protection, and traffic management, with support services. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Seattle, the public company (NASDAQ: FFIV) expanded its portfolio through acquisitions including NGINX and Shape Security.