# Software Principal Engineer

SUMMARY As a Software Principal Engineer, you will lead the end-to-end engineering of Dell networking products and solutions for data center and AI fabric environments, driving innovation in a fast-paced development environment from requirements definition and architecture through development, validation, release, and customer deployment. You will collaborate with platform, silicon, software, validation, solutions, and customer-facing teams to deliver next-generation Dell Enterprise SONiC capabilities for the high-performance network fabrics powering the Dell AI Factory. You will also apply AI-assisted engineering tools throughout the development lifecycle to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and enhance engineering productivity. You will: Own complex networking features end to end, from requirements and architecture through validation and delivery of production-quality Dell Enterprise SONiC software. Architect and deliver large-scale data center and AI fabric capabilities on Dell PowerSwitch (800GbE/1.6TbE) platforms, including RoCEv2, congestion management, adaptive routing, SRv6, and dynamic load balancing. Troubleshoot complex system, scalability, performance, and custome

- **Id**: 4009968
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/dell-technologies-software-principal-engineer-20>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bengaluru, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T04:38:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T09:48:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4050
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Enterprise Storage Systems, Servers & Data Center Hardware, Laptops

## Company

- **Id**: 89
- **Name**: Dell Technologies
- **Domain**: dell.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/dell-technologies>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 37
- **Ghost share**: 0.027
- **Stale share**: 0.054
- **Repost share**: 0.108
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 10
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **HPC** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **NCCL** — Optional: no
- **OSPF** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **SLURM** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T09:32:47Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 89
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.993
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 10
- **Reasons**: conf:13, wave, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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