Senior Principal Engineer
F5 Networks1 day ago
San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$259k - $389k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define the architectural vision and long-term technical roadmap for AI security, application delivery, intelligent traffic routing, and control plane technologies.
- Architect and lead implementation of high-throughput, low-latency data plane and distributed control plane systems using Go, C, and Rust.
- Integrate platform infrastructure with AI software development workflows, including runtime protection, prompt and response scanning, model serving delivery, vector stores, and orchestration frameworks.
- Lead multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architecture using Kubernetes custom resources, ingress and gateway controllers, service meshes, and cloud-native network topologies.
- Partner with executive leadership, product management, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and execution plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of software engineering experience with architectural leadership in enterprise networking, cloud security, API or gateway infrastructure, or application delivery platforms.
- Advanced proficiency in Go, C, and Rust for high-performance systems and network software development.
- Deep experience with distributed control planes, high-performance data plane packet processing, application delivery controllers, reverse proxies, and API management systems.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, custom controllers, container networking, and multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, and private cloud.
- Understanding of the AI Software Development Lifecycle, AI application workloads, enterprise AI security frameworks, and traffic delivery dynamics.
Benefits
- Annual base pay is listed at $259,200.00–$388,800.00.
- The role may include incentive compensation, bonuses, restricted stock units, and benefits.
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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.