Software Development Engineer

F5 • Seattle, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible for the identification, evaluation, and solution of complex software issues. Must also be able to design, develop, and maintain high-quality code for product components. Perform as an individual contributor and collaborate with peers under the direction of technical leads on assigned project teams. Requires little direct management to complete most of the development tasks.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Strong expertise in Layer 2/3 forwarding logic and core networking protocols, including the implementation and troubleshooting of routing (BGP, OSPF) and complex encapsulation/tunneling schemas (VXLAN, MPLS, IKE, GRE).
• Experience with network and web technologies such as TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, L4-L7, DNS and such
• Hands-on programming experience in any one of C, C++ or Go.
• Excellent analytic / troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Experience programming in Linux networking and OS internals
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications
• Strong expertise in performing analysis of the data path within Kubernetes environments. Candidates must be proficient in isolating performance bottlenecks, diagnosing intermittent packet drops, and resolving regressions within the container networking stack.
• Proven ability to reproduce complex customer network topologies to simulate and validate high-throughput workloads.
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a master's degree; or a PhD with 1 year of experience; or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with one or more scripting language such as Python, shell script, JavaScript and/or node.js
• Experience in high performance data plane proxies such as Envoy, HAProxy or Nginx.
• Experience with DPDK or eBPF frameworks.
• Experience in production alerts management and using dashboards to debug issues.
• Expertise in utilizing Kibana, Grafana, and Loki to analyze system telemetry and high-cardinality data.
• Skilled in constructing complex queries (LogQL, Lucene, KQL) to build specialized dashboards

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and solve software failures
• Improve the existing functionality
• Work cross functionally integrating, testing and debugging issues with existing system wide software
• Collaborate with team members and technical leads
• Build tools and infrastructure to improve F5’s components and features
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Benefits

• Experience an environment that values autonomy, fostering a culture where creativity and ownership are encouraged.
• Benefit from the mentorship of experienced professionals with solid backgrounds across diverse domains, supporting your professional growth.
• Join a collaborative and supportive team where you'll feel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and inspiring workplace.
• You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level