Senior Principal Engineer
Core
Architect and lead the implementation of high-performance, resilient, and secure control plane and data plane architectures for F5's next-generation AI Security and Delivery Platform.
Role type
Senior Principal Engineer (AI Security & Delivery Platform)
Builds
High-throughput, low-latency distributed control plane and data plane systems for enterprise AI workloads across hybrid public and private cloud environments.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, AI Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Go, C, Rust, distributed control plane design, high-performance data plane packet processing, Kubernetes architecture, multi-cloud infrastructure, AI Software Development Lifecycle, enterprise AI security frameworks
Preferred skills
Architectural leadership in enterprise networking, application delivery platforms
Technologies
Go, C, Rust, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Define architectural vision and long-term technical roadmap for AI security and intelligent traffic routing; Architect and lead implementation of high-throughput data plane and distributed control plane systems; Deeply integrate platform infrastructure with modern AI software development lifecycle including model serving and vector stores; Lead multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architecture designs utilizing Kubernetes and service meshes; Partner with executive leadership to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
