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Position Summary
The F5 NGINX Business Unit is seeking a Software Engineer III 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, loosely coupled 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.
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.
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Mentor junior developers while demonstrating leadership.
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.
Good understanding of the Linux operating system and shell programming
Experience with network service technologies (e.g., HTTP, gRPC, TLS, REST APIs, OpenTelemetry).
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or advanced degree; and/or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of experience in relevant roles.
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.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.
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