Principal Rust Developer Gateway Solutions at F5 Networks

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.About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Senior Rust Developer to join our team in designing and developing an enterprise-grade high-performance gateway solution using Rust.This project features a strong open-source dimension complemented by proprietary extensions (see You will build advanced systems-level software by applying gateway-related architectures and techniques. This role requires deep expertise in asynchronous runtimes networking and systems programming.ResponsibilitiesDesign & Implementation: Contribute to the design and implementation of core components of our gateway solution emphasizing performance concurrency and efficient system-level programming.Optimization: Fine-tune low-level networking memory management and async processing to maximize throughput and minimize latency.Feature Development: Integrate capabilities like live reconfiguration and real-time stream processing.Collaboration: Work closely with teams specializing in networking hardware acceleration and systems engineering while actively contributing to open-source projects.QualificationsExtensive experience in Rust with a strong background in systems programming and asynchronous runtimes.Proven expertise in one or more of the following areas: Rust async ecosystems (Tokio Compio Monoio Glommio) networking protocols low-level performance optimization or concurrency.Ability to work independently and effectively within cross-functional teams.Nice-to-Have SkillsSignificant experience with Rust async runtimes and advanced concurrency patterns.Experience with thread-per-core design live reconfiguration and stream processing.Familiarity with Apache Arrow and DataFusion.Background in hardware acceleration techniques (e.g. SIMD modern CPU architectures).Contributions to Rust-based open-source projects.Why Join UsWork on cutting-edge proxy technology that drives high-performance solutions. Join a passionate team dedicated to innovation and technical excellence and help shape systems that operate at scale while contributing to both our open-source initiatives and proprietary advancements.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.Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with or @).#LI-ZB1The 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: $186400.00 - $279600.00F5 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 OpportunityIt 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 .Required Experience:Staff IC Key Skills Business Development,Classroom Experience,Dayforce,Go,Cloud Computing,AWS,Teaching,Administrative Experience,Leadership Experience,negotiation,SAS,Data Analysis Skills Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 186400 - 279600