Principal Software Engineer
F5 Networks2 days ago
Bengaluru, India or Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, code, test, and deliver scalable, loosely coupled components and new features for cloud-hosted SaaS applications.
- Diagnose and resolve complex software issues involving networking, security, web technologies, HTTP load balancers, API gateways, and NGINX proxies.
- Integrate, test, and debug software across existing systems while maintaining quality and meeting delivery deadlines.
- Provide technical expertise, mentor junior developers, demonstrate leadership, and participate in engineer hiring and onboarding.
- Participate in product support, bug triage, and bug fixing on a rotating schedule to support SaaS service SLA commitments.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in relevant roles.
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree, or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise in Golang or other high-level languages such as Rust, C++, or Python, with experience leading challenging software projects.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and public cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of computer networking and experience with HTTP, gRPC, TLS, REST APIs, and OpenTelemetry.
- Ability to manage complex software development and testing projects, balance trade-offs, and maintain quality under deadlines.
- Strong communication, collaboration, leadership, mentoring, and ability to learn new technologies.
- Experience with NGINX technologies is a strong plus.
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.