Principal Software Development Engineer
Seattle, OR - USA
Job Summary
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.
Position Summary
Engineering is a core discipline at F5 for many roles. As a software engineer specializing in products and services you will bring a modern agile development mindset to your work.
As a Principal SDE your primary responsibility will be to develop configure and enhance software applications and services. By incorporating engineering best practices you will play a crucial role in designing coding testing debugging documenting and providing support for software and service solutions. Collaborating with fellow engineers and cross-functional teams you will contribute to the development of novel solutions and technologies. Additionally you will apply the same rigor to refine existing solutions as required.
What Youll Do
- Order to Cash Solution Engineering: Apply modern engineering principles and practices throughout the full software lifecyclefrom initial concept and design through deployment maintenance and refinement of Order to Cash applications.
- Functional Proof of Concepts (PoCs): Drive and execute hands-on functional and technical Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to evaluate validate and demonstrate new Oracle Fusion Cloud features functionality and complex business configurations.
- Oracle Fusion & EBS Ownership: Take ownership of complex technical and functional challenges spanning Oracle Fusion Cloud (Fusion Order Management Fusion Subscription RMCS) and Oracle EBS (Order Management Service Contracts Pricing Inventory Shipping).
- System Design & Security: Design build and maintain highly complex O2C software and integration solutions with a security-first mindset ensuring scalability performance and reliability.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the SDE community fostering team growth and helping peers upskill in Oracle Fusion Cloud technologies and modern engineering best practices.
- Architectural & Process Improvements: Proactively seek out opportunities for architectural optimizations process improvements and technical innovations to align with evolving business models.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional delivery teams product managers and enterprise architecture to translate business requirements into robust scalable software designs.
- Engineering Best Practices: Champion rigorous engineering standards across all phases of development including code and configuration reviews automated testing and DevSecOps deployment practices.
- Ethics & Compliance: Uphold F5s Business Code of Ethics and promptly report violations of the Code or company policies.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
What Youll Bring
- Deep Oracle Fusion Cloud Expertise: Hands-on engineering and configuration experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud with particular strength in Fusion Order Management Fusion Subscription and Revenue Management Cloud Service (RMCS).
- Oracle EBS Proficiency: Strong technical and functional familiarity with core Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) modules including Order Management Subscriptions Service Contracts Pricing Inventory and Shipping.
- Functional PoC Execution: Demonstrated ability to independently design configure and execute functional Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to validate cloud business processes and solution feasibility.
- Order to Cash Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of end-to-end Order to Cash business processes recurring revenue and subscription lifecycles pricing logic and fulfillment workflows.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Experience in technical leadership roles with a demonstrated ability to mentor peers and guide technical decision-making.
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Excellent analytical critical thinking and troubleshooting skills with a proven ability to break down complex issues and provide reliable level-of-effort estimates.
- Agile & DevSecOps Practice: Solid understanding of agile and lean software development methodologies DevSecOps principles and modern integration patterns (APIs web services).
- Communication & Collaboration: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical teams and business stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Education: BS/BA degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
- Total Experience: 12 years of engineering experience supporting configuring or implementing enterprise systems in Information Technology.
- Oracle O2C Experience:
- Hands-on engineering experience supporting and configuring Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion Cloud Order to Cash solutions.
- Hands-on experience building and executing functional Proofs of Concept (PoCs) in Oracle Fusion Cloud environments.
- Software Delivery: Proven track record of designing building and delivering scalable enterprise software solutions using agile principles.
- Languages & Integration: Advanced knowledge in high-level programming or scripting languages software design patterns and enterprise integration techniques.
F5 Networks Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $193600.00 - $290400.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with or @).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .
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About Company
F5 application services ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should—in any environment and on any device.