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Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. \nEverything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.\nPosition Summary\nThe F5 Modern Apps team is seeking a Sr Software Engineer 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 into public 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.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nCollaborate with a globally distributed team to design, code, and test robust, scalable, loosely coupled components for SaaS applications hosted on public cloud platforms.\nDesign and deliver new features and bug-fixes on time with high quality\nDiagnose 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.\nServe as source of technical expertise to a project team and as a mentor for junior staff members. \nWork cross functionally integrating, testing and debugging issues with existing system wide software.\nTake part in product support, bug triaging, and bug-fixing activities on a rotating schedule to ensure the SaaS service meets its SLA commitments.\nConsistently apply forward-thinking software design, implementation, and test principles.\nMentor junior developers while demonstrating leadership.\nParticipate in hiring and onboarding of new engineers.\nSkills\nExpertise in coding with Golang (preferred) or other high-level programming languages like Rust, C++, or Python. \nHands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, as well as developing applications using distributed microservices architecture within cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. \nExperience with network service technologies such as HTTP, gRPC, TLS, REST APIs, and OpenTelemetry.\nGood understanding of computer networking.\nExperience with NGINX technologies a strong plus.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s or advanced degree; and/or equivalent work experience. \n7+ years of experience in relevant roles. \nThe 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.\nPlease note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com ).\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nIt 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. 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