Software Development Engineer 2, Distributed Cloud

full-time

Posted on: 12/20/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Jose • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $124,800 - $187,200 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

AWSAzureCloudDNSDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Engage in the development of edge-native applications and platform services using emerging technologies for F5’s innovative SaaS platform.
Troubleshoot complex system issues related to IPv6, including connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64, and other networking technologies.
Investigate various open-source and closed-source technologies, components, libraries, and tools, contributing to the construction of a highly available, scalable, and manageable system.
Apply understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices, especially in microservices architectures and API design, implementation, and management.
Experience with cloud-native providers such as MS Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or any major market Cloud vendors and their services is a significant advantage.
Independently investigate, present options, review, and implement completely new functionality.
Work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement new product offerings while ensuring continued functionality.
Follow the best coding practices and guidelines within the team.
Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product, from understanding requirements to design, development, and deployment phases.
Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams.

Minimum of 4+ years of related experience with programming proficiency in C++ or Golang
Cloud & Hybrid SaaS Experience – Hands-on experience in developing service that are cloud-native (AWS/GCP)
Kubernetes Mastery – Hands-on experience working in Kubernetes based environments.
L3-L7 Networking – Hands on experience working across the networking stack
A bility to fix and troubleshoot complex system issues related to IPv6, including connectivity, routing, DNS, NAT64/DNS64, and other networking technologies
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.
Mentorship and Cross-Functional Collaboration – Proven ability to guide junior engineers and work effectively with SREs, application developers, and network engineers on complex platform initiatives.

Benefits

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C++Golangcloud-native developmentKubernetesL3-L7 networkingIPv6 troubleshootingDNSNAT64Dockermicroservices architecture

communication skillsmentorshipcross-functional collaboration