Software Principal 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.

Our Unstructured Data Storage (UDS) group delivers two core storage solutions of the Dell AI Platform - PowerScale and ObjectScale, providing AI-ready storage for the world's most data intensive challenges. We are looking for talented, self-driven professionals to join our team and help shape the future of storage.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Software Principal Engineer on our System Test Engineering Team in Bangalore OR Pune and help ensure our storage product solutions meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance.

As part of this role, you will get an opportunity to work on various layers of the storage stack, including all aspects of operating systems and file systems, distributed systems, high performance protocol stacks, and next-generation virtualization technology.

What you'll achieve

As a Software Principal Engineer, you will collaborate to develop effective system test strategies and test plans across Dell's UDS product portfolio.  You will work with Product Development, Product Owners and Escalations teams to drive quality improvements throughout the development lifecycle. You will also have the opportunity to drive continual process improvements for the evolution of testing procedures and influence shift left test strategy.

This is a hands-on, technical role where you will design, develop and execute automated and manual tests for system and product level testing, validate distributed systems, and work closely with engineering teams to drive quality improvements throughout the development lifecycle. You will be directly responsible in helping to prevent issues from reaching our customers.

You will:

• Create and maintain System test plans, test cases, and documentation. Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites.
• Validate complex, distributed storage systems across multi-config test environments. Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to make sure your test environment validates the customer use cases as closely as possible.
• Perform stress, scalability, and reliability testing to ensure our product solutions can handle global-scale workloads. Understand the inner workings of features to target specific failure domains in our stack to make the product/features fault tolerant and resilient.
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution.
• Participate in the review and evaluation of product requirements, specification and design docs to ensure quality is built into every stage of development.

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 to 12 years of experience in programming and test automation (Python, JavaScript, etc.,) framework design and development
• Hands-on experience with an enterprise storage product environment like NAS, Object Storage or Networking
• Skilled at reviewing and collaborating on product design docs and have competency in authoring detailed test plans & test cases
• Good understanding of how to apply non-deterministic testing techniques to validate system behavior under unpredictable conditions.

Desirable Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Experience testing in cloud environments (AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of server, networking and client technologies

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: 15 November 2025

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