Senior Software Engineer – Platform Security
F5 Networks11 days ago
Reston, VA, USA or San Jose, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$180k - $269k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operate highly available platform security services for F5 Distributed Cloud.
- Build authentication, authorization, certificate management, secret management, and key management capabilities.
- Write production-grade Golang code for distributed, performance-sensitive systems.
- Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes across multi-cloud and edge environments.
- Collaborate with product, SRE, and engineering teams on secure, scalable solutions.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, threat modeling, compliance, and audit-readiness efforts.
- Mentor junior engineers and help establish engineering best practices.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software development experience in C++, Java, or Golang, with Golang strongly preferred.
- Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with Linux and Kubernetes.
- Experience building platform security services in authentication, authorization, certificate management, secret management, or key management.
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, system design, and secure, reliable software development.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, Claude, Codex, or similar.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to FedRAMP compliance obligations.
- Experience with AWS or GCP, HashiCorp Vault, Keycloak, FedRAMP initiatives, AI/ML or LLM production integrations, or AI security is preferred.
Benefits
- The role is offered in San Jose, California; Seattle, Washington; and Reston, Virginia.
- The posting notes potential incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and employee 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.