Senior Principal Software Engineer
General Dynamics
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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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Software Senior Principal Engineer joins the Software Engineering Team within the Unstructured Data Storage group to develop enterprise-grade, massively scalable storage systems. This role involves managing the full software development life cycle, including planning, requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. The successful candidate will author detailed technical specifications and collaborate with product owners, architects, and AI agents to implement solutions for high-performance, resilient clustered systems like S3 object stores and scale-out NAS platforms. Key required skills include over eight years of experience in C, C++, Java, or Python, along with expertise in distributed systems, filesystem architecture, and microservices. The role also requires advanced prompting and context engineering to guide AI tools, alongside knowledge of networking, kernel queues, caching, and performance engineering to solve complex data-intensive infrastructure challenges.
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Median $196500 from 2013 postings across 147 companies.
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