Senior Principal Software Engineer, Autonomous AI Software Engineering

Dell Technologies

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Work type
On-site
Location
Hopkinton, MA
Salary
$200,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 23, 2026

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Dell Technologies is a US-based technology company that designs and sells PCs, servers, storage and networking hardware, along with related software and IT services. Its product lines include the XPS, Latitude and Alienware PCs and the PowerEdge server and PowerStore storage families.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Software Engineer, Autonomous AI Software Engineering

The Software Senior Principal Engineer joins the AI Governance Engineering team to serve as a technical leader and architect for autonomous AI within the software development lifecycle. You will define reference architectures for agent-driven engineering, lead objective evaluations of commercial and open-source technologies, and build critical prototypes and integrations. Key responsibilities include establishing verification standards for agent-generated code, designing frameworks for trust and safety, and managing multi-agent design patterns. You will utilize Python, TypeScript, Node.js, REST, and GraphQL APIs while working with LLMs, RAG, and the Model Context Protocol. The role addresses the technical challenge of integrating autonomous agents into enterprise workflows, ensuring secure execution through sandboxed container environments like Docker and Kubernetes while maintaining auditability and data privacy.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Massachusetts?

Median $199500 from 106 postings across 23 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Architect autonomous agent systems within the software development lifecycle including orchestration, multi-agent patterns, and sandboxed runtimes.
  • Lead technical evaluations of commercial and open-source technologies to drive build-versus-buy decisions.
  • Establish testing, qualification, and acceptance standards for agent-generated code and artifacts.
  • Design frameworks for auditability, data privacy, and mitigation against vulnerabilities like prompt injection.
  • Construct core platform capabilities and integrations directly through hands-on coding and prototyping.
  • Establish the autonomy maturity roadmap and align technical initiatives across cross-functional engineering organizations.
  • Mentor senior technical talent and guide engineering teams from pilot stages to enterprise-scale deployment.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of experience as an architect or technical lead for large-scale distributed platforms.
  • Proven track record architecting, deploying, and maintaining production-grade autonomous agent platforms.
  • Demonstrated experience designing multi-agent architectures for autonomous software development.
  • Deep technical expertise in secure agent execution environments, including sandboxing, state management, and defense-in-depth.
  • Direct experience building evaluation frameworks, automated benchmarking suites, and regression testing pipelines for agents.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience (preferred).
  • Experience scaling an agent platform to enterprise adoption or building commercial agent-based software products (preferred).

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