Senior Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable, high-performance systems and software applications.
• Drive innovation and make critical technical decisions that drive the success of products, projects, and teams.
• Establish, enforce, and advocate for technical best practices, standards, and processes to promote consistency, efficiency, and excellence across the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
• Proactively identify, address, and resolve complex technical challenges, bottlenecks, and risks.
• Experiment and develop proof-of-concepts, delivering impactful proposals and demos that effectively showcase innovative functionality and assess feasibility.
• Write, review, and maintain high-quality code.
• Ensure systems and solutions are designed with scalability, reliability, and security in mind.
• Investigate and optimize the performance of existing systems to improve scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Contribute to incident management processes, resolution of production issues, and root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product leadership to ensure technical strategies are aligned with organizational objectives.
• Advise senior leaders on significant technical matters.
• Shape and influence the product roadmap by providing strategic insights and direction.
• Proactively identify emerging trends and opportunities in software, infrastructure, and tools.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to software engineers at all levels of experience.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning within the engineering organization.
• Represent the team in cross-organizational meetings as a recognized Subject Matter Expert.

Requirements

• Over 15 years of experience in software development, with a strong track record of solving complex technical challenges at scale.
• Deep expertise in system programming (C, Rust, C++).
• Extensive knowledge of networking fundamentals, including cloud-based networks, web protocols, proxies, load balancing, API gateway, and caching.
• Proficient in designing and building distributed, fault-tolerant, high-performance, and secure systems.
• Solid knowledge of advanced systems concepts such as event-driven architecture, multi-threading, memory management, networking, storage, performance optimization, and scalability.
• Well-versed in open-source development practices and tools.
• Proven track record of success as a technical leader overseeing large-scale, complex projects.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging and influencing stakeholders across all organizational levels.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud infrastructure and deployment strategies.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Experience mentoring and leading engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Educational background is not explicitly specified, but extensive experience is required.

Benefits & Perks

• Annual base pay ranging from $188,436.00 to $282,654.00.
• Incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits.
• More details about benefits available at https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.