Principal Software Engineer
F5 Networks · Boulder, CO
About this role
F5 Networks is hiring a principal-level Software Engineer based in Boulder, CO. The posting calls out experience with Python, Bash, AWS, GCP. Compensation is listed at $225,680–$254,400 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Boulder, CO
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
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Job description
from F5 Networks careersAt 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.
F5, Inc. seeks Principal Software Engineer in Louisville, CO:
Job Duties: Administering UNIX based systems, networking appliances, public/private clouds, and application delivery technologies. Engage with internal engineering teams to develop tooling, frameworks to drive full observability, and automation of the environment. Enhance data-driven engineering culture by providing statistical trends and analysis using real service data. Design and implement zero-downtime deployment approaches, real-time logging, alerting, and monitoring solutions, and code instrumentation, utilizing the features of NGINX Plus. Coordinate with solution architects to design secure, highly available solutions that meet objectives, automating solutions whenever possible. Develop solutions to identify reliability risks, monitor application growth, and triage production issues. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from company office in Louisville, CO.