Sr Software Development Engineer

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. 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.    Everything 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. Overview : We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Development Engineer (Sr. SDE) to lead the architecture, development, and delivery of modern digital experiences for a global audience. This role combines deep full stack engineering   expertise   with AI-driven software development practices, enabling teams to accelerate innovation through intelligent automation and generative AI solutions.   The ideal candidate is a technical leader with a proven   track record   of driving architecture decisions, leading complex engineering initiatives, and mentoring engineers. They will partner closely with Product, Marketing, Data, Platform, and Security teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performing customer-facing applications while helping shape the organization's technical strategy and AI adoption roadmap.   They will also integrate enterprise SaaS platforms and third-party services to deliver connected customer experiences and business workflows.   The successful candidate brings strong ownership, technical excellence, and the ability to influence engineering decisions across teams and business functions.

Software Engineering & Architecture:   Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of highly scalable customer-facing web applications and digital platforms.   Own end-to-end technical solutions for complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple systems, teams, and business domains.   Define and drive architectural standards, technology strategies, and platform modernization efforts focused on scalability, reliability, security, maintainability, and performance.   Make critical architecture and design decisions that influence long-term engineering direction and organizational technical strategy.   Lead the evaluation,   selection , and adoption of modern engineering frameworks, tools, and cloud-native technologies.   Design and implement integrations with enterprise SaaS platforms and external APIs.   Establish and champion engineering best practices for software architecture, code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence.   Drive system resiliency, performance optimization, and incident response strategies across distributed systems and services.   Partner with engineering leaders to   identify   technical debt, prioritize modernization initiatives, and improve platform health.   Ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements for security, compliance, governance, and operational readiness.   AI-Augmented Software Development:   Lead adoption of AI-assisted software development practices that improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery velocity.   Drive enterprise-wide best practices for   leveraging   Generative AI coding assistants and AI-enabled developer workflows.   Incorporate AI-driven capabilities into software design, development, testing, documentation, code reviews, knowledge management, and operational processes.   Evaluate and recommend emerging AI technologies, platforms, and frameworks that create measurable business   impact .   Define standards and governance models for responsible AI development, data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.   Partner with engineering leadership to establish AI engineering strategies and enable broader organizational adoption.   Generative AI Solutions & Agent Development: