Principal Software Engineer

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 Bangalore.

What you’ll achieve

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will create solutions, analyzing the customer’s business goals, needs and a general business environment to design technical system answers.

You will:

• 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.
• Build and review design, functional, technical and/or user documentation, as needed

Take the first step towards your dream career
Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• 8+ years of development experience on software with a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience developing software with programming language Java for Linux operating systems at a user space level and experience developing within large scale distributed systems with working experience in storage networking protocols and architectures.
• Deep understanding of distributed storage architecture, Object storage concepts (e.g., replication, erasure coding), Consistency models and fault tolerance & Scalability and performance optimization, Data Structures algorithms & Design Patterns.
• Hands on experience on Cloud & Infrastructure Knowledge - Linux OS internals, Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing), Virtualization and containerization basics (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience in RESTful API design and implementation, Amazon S3 API compatibility and Swift API, Security protocols (OAuth, SSL/TLS).

Desirable Requirements

• Development Tools & Practices - Version control (Git), Build tools (Maven, Gradle), CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks, Debugging and profiling tools.
• Should be able to adapt to new technical complexities, changing system priorities and able to understand the test automation and build infrastructure using technologies like Gradle, Jenkins, Git and coding languages like shell/pearl scripting, Golang and python.

Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we’re looking for you.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.

Application closing date: 30 October 2025

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