Senior Technical Marketing Engineer jobs at F5 in United States, San Jose

POSITION SUMMARY:

a skilled and motivatedLab Engineerto support the Spokane Product Development Lab. This role plays a critical part in enabling both production systems and flexible testing environments for our Test and Product Development teams. You willbe responsible forsetting up, configuring, and

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set up, configure, document, andmaintainLinux and Windows systems, network devices, and virtualization platforms in the lab.

• network cabling, rack setup, and physical infrastructure planning.

• Configure and managenetworking components, including VLANs, routing, switching, andfirewallrules.

• Deploy and managevirtualization technologiessuch asVMware, OpenStack, KVM, and XCP-ng

• Maintain andoptimizestorage systemsused in lab environments.

• Perform regularaudits of configuration and inventory datato ensure accuracy and compliance.

• Create andmaintainscripts and toolsto automate lab configuration, provisioning, and usability.

• Troubleshoot and resolvelab and network outages, hardware failures, and system performance issues.

• Helpdesk ticketsfrom lab users ina timelyand professional manner.

• IT and Facilities

• Participate in thedesign, monitoring, and improvementof lab services and infrastructure.

• Ensure properdocumentationof lab systems, configurations, and operational procedures.

• Own and manageend-to-end lab operations, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of lab environments.

• Perform Regular audits of labs – Server racks Power, Stock Maintenance in lab.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• SKILLSAND ABILITIES:

• Strong experience in Linux and Windows systems administration.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise networking: switch configuration, VLANs, routing protocols, andfirewallrules.

• Experience with storage technologies and capacity planning.

• Scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or similar languages.

• Understanding of web technologies including HTTP, HTML, and JavaScript.

• Solid grasp of IP networking fundamentals: L2, L3, and L4–L7 protocols.

• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software issues independently.

• Experience with lab infrastructure planning, including cabling, power, and cooling.

• in virtualization platforms: VMware, OpenStack, KVM, XCP-ng.

• Experience with Infoblox for IP address management and DNS/DHCP services.

• Familiarity with Network Configuration Manager (NCM) for device configuration backups.

• Exposure to switching authentication protocols (802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS).

• Experience in datacenterenvironments (production or dev/lab).

• QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience)

• -7+ years of experience in enterprise network environments& Physical Lab Understanding

• -5+ years of experience with virtualization platforms

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

• Experience with python or other scripting is a plus​

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills

• Ability to quickly learn and adoptnew technologies

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Duties may require occasional work outside normal hours (evenings/weekends).

• Work performed in a lab or office environment with regular use of computers and lab equipment.

• May involve physical tasks such as racking hardware, cabling, and lifting equipment.

• Should be available in on-prem lab location for any Hands-on requirements for Product Development Teams

Ram Durairaj

Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Cloud

We’re looking for aPrincipal Software Engineerwho will provide technical vision, leadership, and hands-on expertise to deliver high-scale, high-performance software for our Distributed Cloud Platform.

and has a proven track record of designing, developing, and delivering production-grade cloud services.You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and engineers across multiple teams to shape the technical direction, ensure architectural integrity, and guide our engineering teams toward building resilient, performant, and secure software.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design and development ofhighly available, distributed services for F5’s Distributed Cloud Platform.

• Drive architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across multi-cloud and edge deployments.

• Mentor and guide senior and mid-level engineers, promoting engineering excellence and best practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Product, UX, and Site Reliability Engineering—to translate business requirements into robust, maintainable technical solutions.

• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and approaches to improve the platform’s capabilities and developer productivity.

• Lead deep technical reviews of architecture, design, and code to ensure the highest quality deliverables.

• Partner with leadership to set technical roadmaps and standards for distributed systems development.

• Act as a thought leader for distributed cloud services internally and externally, including technical blogs, whitepapers, and conference presentations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, including 5+ years building distributed systemsat scale.

• Proven expertise in at least one modern programming language (Go, Java, Python, or similar) and proficiency in multi-threaded and asynchronous programming.

• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads.

• Deep understanding of networking, security, APIs, and data consistency models in distributed environments.

• Demonstrated success in technical leadership roles, influencing cross-team architecture and delivering complex projects.

• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability, and operational excellence practices.

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments.

• Familiarity with distributed data stores, messaging systems, and event-driven architectures.

• Contributions to open-source projects related to distributed systems, networking, or cloud computing.

• scale,sizing and performance engineering efforts for the revolutionary F5XC Distributed Cloud SaaS Platform.

• As a pivotal team member, you will spearhead the entire F5XC Sizing of Scale initiative, utilizing your expertise to devise inventive methodologies for assessing high-scale, globally distributed systems.

• Your role involves delving into the core components of F5XC, including Control, Configuration, and Data Planes, understanding their configurations for achieving global scale. Subsequently, you will formulate a systematic approach to test these components both in isolation and within an end-to-end SaaS offering, accommodating various combinations of features.

PrimaryResponsibilities

• Strategic Ownership:Spearhead the F5XC Scale/Performance

• Innovative Methodologies:Pioneer inventive methodologies for measuring highly scaled, globally distributed systems, showcasing your ability to think outside the box.

• Framework Development:Craft a robust framework of tools and best practices, ensuring that each release adheres to high-quality and scale conditions, thereby setting new industry benchmarks.

• Performance Optimization:

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Test Automation Advocate:

• Networking Proficiency:Demonstrate excellent, hands-on knowledge of networking fundamentals, coupled with practical experience in Kubernetes environments.

• Coding Prowess:Exhibit hands-on expertise in Python/Golang, emphasizing your ability to navigate and contribute to the codebase effectively.

• Security Acumen:Understanding of Network and Application Security (WAAP) is a definite plus, showcasing your holistic approach to system robustness.

• Technical Insight:Possess a solid understanding of L2/L3 networking and routing protocols, complemented by familiarity with the Linux Networking stack and Linux performance tuning parameters.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with aBachelor’sdegree, or 12 years and aMaster’sdegree,or equivalent experience.

• Excellent organizational agility and communication skills throughout the organization.

• Abundance of Freedom:Experience a workplace that encourages autonomy, fostering an environment where your ideas can flourish.

• Continuous Learning:

F5 Distributed Cloud Platform is a world class, mission critical and highly reliable platform serving a global customer base. Our customers depend on us to keep their business highly available and secure around the planet.

latform in mimensions – global footprint, infrastructure, performance, low latencyetc., We are looking for aSoftware Engineer to join this mission.

Responsibilities

• and implement software systems that are highly distributed, concurrent and reliable to manage the lifecycle of our Distributed Cloud.

• Implement fully tested code with Observabilityand Telemetryfor Day 2 operations.

• Work closely with Product, Platform Services and SRE Engineers to make this system scale to the needs of business.

• Innovate by bringing the best ofideasto life and help business grow.

• Learn and share your ideas and practices, inside and outside the company, to uplift the entire engineering community.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience (7+ years).

• Strong foundational understanding of systems, Linux Kernel, TCP/IP stack, K8s.

• Proficiency inCloud native development and programminglanguages such as GO,Rust andPython.

• Must demonstrate deep understanding of K8s machinery and have experience deploying Models (CRDs), Controllers and/or Operators in a mission critical environment.

• Must have skills in building large scale distributed systems, highly resilient, reliable and mission critical using K8s machinery.

• Must have experience in managing lifecycle of software systems with CI/CD using toolsArgoCDor similar.

• analytical, troubleshooting, and end to end debugging skills ina highly asynchronous event driven system.

• Experience working in a 24x7 uptime SaaS environment with global customer base.

• extensive knowledgeand/or experience in the domains of Network, routing, Infra,Underlay to VPN, DNS, Load Balancer technologies

exceptional Engineer III (Individual Contributor)highly reliable, available, and scalable platforms, encompassingdefinition, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Development:Engage in the development of edge-nativeapplications and platform servicesusing emerging technologies for F5’s innovativeSaaS

• Ownership and Delivery:Take ownership of software components, ensuring the delivery of complete products that meet functional, scale, performance, and manageability requirements.

• Technology Exploration:Investigate various open-source and closed-source technologies, components, libraries, and tools, contributing to the construction ofa highly available, scalable, and manageable system.

• Design Patterns and Microservices:Apply understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices, especially in microservices architectures and API design, implementation, and management.

• Knowledge:Experience with cloud-native providers such as MS Azure,AWS, Google Cloud, or any major market Cloud vendors and their servicesisa significant advantage.

• Independent Innovation:Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality.

• Work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, andQAto define and implement new product offerings while ensuring continued functionality.

• Code Reviews and Guidelines:Follow the best

• Full Development Cycle:Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product, from understanding requirements to design, development, and deployment phases.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Distributed Systems Expertise:Knowledge and experience in highly distributed software systems, with the ability to understand nuances and solve problems related to scale, performance, and resiliency.

• Programming Languages:Expertise with any combination of programming languages: Golang,Python,Javaor any high-level proprietary or open-source language with strong programming constructs.

• Web-based Systems:Good understanding of programming fundamentals and their application to highly scalable web-based systems.

• L3-L7 Networking–Hands-onexperience working across the networking stack:

• Database Technologies:Must have hands-on experience with SQL or NoSQL technologies.

• CICD Methodology:Strong understanding of modern CI/CD methodology and Git-based workflows.

• Container Technologies:Experience in Docker technologies, including optimizing Docker images and managing Docker image lifecycle. Experience in orchestration systems like Kubernetes and container technologies like Docker is a plus.

• Communication Skills:Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Interpersonal and Leadership Skills:

• Educational Qualifications:Typically requires a minimum of10+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 3+ years and a master's degree.

• Freedom and Learning:

• Benefit from great mentors with solid backgrounds in various areas, eager to contribute to your professional development.

• Joina great teamwhereyou willfeel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and supportive workplace culture.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership:

• Manage multiple, high-impact programs, ensuring all initiatives are delivered on schedule, within scope, and aligned with business priorities.

• Drive the execution of programs across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases, managing requirements, design, development, testing, integration, and deployment milestones.

• Develop strong relationships to engage, align, and empower people to deliver

• Demonstrate ownership and autonomy in owned projects and functional areas and drive delivery of high-quality results

• Cross-Team Collaboration:

• Facilitate cross-functional engineering teams to solve business problems and deliver solutions

• Bring the product vision and the technical build together – become the glue between functional teams

• Work closely with product management, operations, and subject matter experts to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and deliverables for programs.

• Resolve conflicts, address communication gaps, and foster a unified approach to achieving program objectives.

• Risk Management and Problem Solving:

• Identify, monitor, and manage risks affecting program execution, proposing actionable solutions and engaging relevant stakeholders to resolve issues quickly.

• Drive root cause analysis and resolution for technical challenges that hinder collaboration or delivery efforts.

• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals

• Demonstrate ownership and autonomy in owned projects and functional areas and drive delivery of high-quality results

• Build strategies for issue and risk mitigation and contingency planning

• Stakeholder Management:

• Communicate program status, risks, schedules, and dependencies to executive leadership and other stakeholders through dashboards, reports, and presentations.

• Ensure stakeholder expectations are managed effectively, creating transparency and visibility into program objectives, outcomes, and blockers.

• Ability to develop strong working relationships to engage, align, and motivate people to deliver

• Ability to bridge the gap between Product, Engineering, and Architecture groups to facilitate solutions

• Strong project and program management skills

• Comfort in technical delivery

• Understanding of Agile Delivery Methodology

• Understand the importance of building strong working relationships

• Effective written and verbal communication

• Strong organizational, presentation, and ability to quickly master technical concepts

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, information technology or a related technical field

• Experience:

• 12+ years’ experience in Technical Program, IT, and/or project management

• 5+ years of experience managing cross-functional programs.

• Proven track record of delivering complex software products.

• Experience leading a geo-dispersed program team

• Experience working in a concurrent software development environment as part of a complex build and merge management process

• Experience with Agile and Waterfall program management methodologies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Technical Expertise:

• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with theSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong knowledge of hardware design and development processes, including prototyping, manufacturing, and integration with software systems.

• Familiarity with modern application delivery networking technologies, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity solutions (experience with F5 solutions is a plus).

• While encouraged to be a facilitator and driver, equally comfortable digging into business requirements or drilling into architecture with development teams to solve complex problems

• Leadership and Collaboration Skills:

• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional engineering teams without direct authority, fostering collaboration and alignment on shared goals.

• Superior interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization abilities, with a proven track record of handling complexity in large programs.

• Problem Solving and Decision Making:

• Analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills to manage risks, dependencies, and conflicts between software and hardware objectives.

• Ability to thrive in dynamic environments and make high-quality decisions under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing technical programs related to application delivery, network security, or multi-cloud platforms.

• Certification in project or program management (PMP,PgMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent).

• Familiarity with DevOps principles, containerization, and virtualization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.