Sr Software Engineer @ F5

The F5 NGINX Business Unit is seeking a Sr Software Engineer based in India. As a software engineer, you will be an integral part of a development team delivering high-quality features for exciting next generation NGINX SaaS products. The role is focused on delivering loosely coupled software components and microservices integrated in both public & private cloud architectures; creating solutions to a wide variety of technical challenges; independently designing, implementing, and testing new functionality; and collaborating with peers and technical leads. You'll be expected to handle most development tasks independently, with minimal direct supervision.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a globally distributed team to design, code, and test robust, scalable, looselycoupled components for SaaS applications hosted on public cloud platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex software challenges involving network, security, and web technologies. This includes troubleshooting problems with HTTP load balancers, API gateways (e.g., NGINX proxies), and related systems.
• Serve as source of technical expertise to a project team and as a mentor for junior staff members.
• Work cross functionally integrating, testing and debugging issues with existing system wide software.
• Take part in product support, bug triaging, and bug-fixing activities on a rotating schedule to ensure the SaaS service meets its SLA commitments.
• Consistently apply forward-thinking software design, implementation, and test principles.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding of new engineers.

Skills

• Proficient in Golang (preferably), or a high-level programming language like Rust, C, or Python.
• Experience developing in cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.
• Good understanding of computer networking.
• Experience with network service technologies (e.g., HTTP, gRPC, TLS, REST APIs, OpenTelemetry).

Qualifications

• Bachelors or advanced degree; and/or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in relevant roles.