Software Principal Engineer

Dell • Hopkinton, MA

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About The Position

Software Principal Engineer The Software Engineering team delivers next-generation application enhancements and new products for a changing world. Working at the cutting edge, we design and develop software for platforms, peripherals, applications and diagnostics — all with the most advanced technologies, tools, software engineering methodologies and the collaboration of internal and external partners. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Software Principal Engineer on our Software Engineering Team in Hopkinton, MA. We are seeking a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across modern software delivery platforms, with a strong focus on DevOps CI/CD pipelines, end-to-end security scanning, and agentic AI systems. This role is both hands-on and strategic, influencing architecture, engineering standards, and long-term technical direction while mentoring senior engineers and partnering closely with product and security teams. The ideal candidate combines deep systems expertise with a forward-looking mindset, driving automation, resilience, and secure-by-design practices while exploring how autonomous and agentic AI can enhance developer productivity and operational excellence. What you’ll achieve As a Software Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for developing sophisticated systems and software based on the customer’s business goals, needs and general business environment creating software solutions. You will:

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles, with demonstrated technical leadership
• Deep hands-on experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Strong expertise in containers (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Proven experience integrating security scanning and DevSecOps tooling into automated delivery pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to influence architecture and engineering practices at scale

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or related experience

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and architecture of high-quality, complex systems and software/storage environments
• Prepare, review and evaluate software/storage specifications for products and systems
• Embed security scanning and controls throughout the SDLC, including SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, and container/image scanning. Champion a DevSecOps model where security is automated, measurable, and continuously improved.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to meet regulatory and audit requirements without slowing delivery.
• Design and prototype agentic AI systems that autonomously reason, plan, and act across engineering and operational workflows. Apply AI agents to incident response, pipeline optimization, vulnerability management, testing, and observability.
• Evaluate and integrate LLM-based tools, orchestration frameworks, and safeguards to ensure reliability, security, and responsible AI usage.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of test strategies for complex software products and systems/for storage products and systems

Benefits

• Your life.
• Your health.
• Supported by your benefits.
• You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.com

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees