Software Senior Principal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and build mission-critical components for next-generation AI data platform storage.
• Develop and validate maintenance releases and customer patches for ObjectScale to ensure stability.
• Own the backporting strategy by identifying and applying critical fixes from mainline development to market versions.
• Diagnose and resolve complex defects discovered during maintenance release and patch validation cycles.
• Drive continual process improvements for the evolution of the maintenance release lifecycle.

Requirements

• 12-17 years of experience in systems programming and distributed systems fundamentals (concurrency, networking, storage, consistency, fault tolerance).
• Proficiency in C/C++ or Java, with Python knowledge being a plus.
• Experience with Linux or BSD development and debugging (e.g., performance, strace/dtrace/eBPF, tcpdump).
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI in software development lifecycles, including AI-assisted coding, automated debugging, or test generation.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to maintenance engineering, such as intelligent defect triaging or automated root cause analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical leadership expertise in building and growing high-performing engineering teams.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and setting technical direction for critical storage systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare programs.
• Award-winning financial wellness tools and resources.
• Generous leave of absence for new parents and caregivers.
• Industry-leading wellness platform.

About the Company

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live, and play. Our Unstructured Data Storage (UDS) group delivers core storage solutions like PowerScale and ObjectScale, providing AI-ready storage for the world’s most data-intensive challenges.