Sr Software Development Engineer

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Position Summary: 

F5 Inc. is on the lookout for an exceptional SSE(Individual Contributor). Join our team and play a crucial role in the design and implementation of control plane components in BIGIP. Your responsibilities will span research, design, and the construction of highly reliable, available, and scalable platforms, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Cutting-edge Development and troubleshooting: Engage in the development of core control plane components of BGIP
• Ownership and Delivery: Troubleshoot complex customer scenarios, config distribution. Multi-threading and other networking technologies 
•  Technology Exploration: Investigate various open-source and closed-source technologies, components, libraries, and tools, contributing to the construction of a highly available, scalable, and manageable system. 
• Design Patterns: Apply understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices, implementation, and management. 
• Independent Innovation: Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality. 
• Collaboration: Work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement new product offerings while ensuring continued functionality. 
• Code Reviews and Guidelines: Follow the best coding practices, and guidelines within the team. 
• 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. 
• Geographically Distributed Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Proven programming skills/abilities in both C and C++  
•  Development experience in areas such as sockets, multithreading, and data structure optimization. Familiarity with TCP/IP networking a strong plus.  
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.  
• Familiarity with software development tools, Perforce, Git  
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.  
• Ability to collect and document user specifications.  
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with users of our products. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Strong interpersonal, team-building, and mentoring skills. 
• Typically requires a minimum of 9+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 7+ years and a master's degree. 

Environment: 

• Freedom and Learning: Embrace an environment that fosters freedom, continuous learning, and ownership. 
• Mentorship: Benefit from great mentors with solid backgrounds in various areas, eager to contribute to your professional development. 
• Team Collaboration: Join a great team where you will feel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and supportive workplace culture. 

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.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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