This role pays more than
90%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$282k
versus about
$203k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About F5 Inc
F5, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in application security, multi-cloud management, online fraud prevention, application delivery networking, application availability and performance, and network security, access, and authorization.
F5 Inc currently has
29 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$160,800–$241,200
across 23 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Development Engineer within the AI Security team, you will design and implement robust, low-latency services and APIs for a B2B SaaS multi-tenant architecture and self-hosted platform. Your daily responsibilities include building and refining forward and reverse proxies, implementing observability tools for proactive monitoring, and leveraging agentic frameworks to accelerate development workflows. You will also mentor junior developers and lead architectural decisions while evaluating emerging technologies to improve system efficiency. The role requires expert proficiency in Go programming, along with skills in Python or TypeScript, an understanding of network protocols, and experience with public API design. Additionally, you will work within the domain of Large Language Models, utilizing techniques such as RAG architectures, embeddings, and prompt engineering to solve complex problems regarding traffic interception, modification, and dynamic policy enforcement.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 71 postings across 9 companies.
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