Senior Principal Software Engineer
The Software Engineering team delivers nextgeneration application enhancements and new products for a changing world. Working at the cutting edge, we design and develop software for platforms, applications, and infrastructure using AIassisted engineering practices combined with deep software engineering expertise.
Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Principal Software Engineer on our Software Engineering Team in [Taipei].
What You'll Achieve
As a Software Senior Principal Engineer on the TDC Solution team, you will provide organizationlevel technical leadership for Dell's AI and Solutions hyperconverged infrastructure platform.
You will shape the longterm technical vision and system architecture across multiple teams, ensuring that complex, distributed software systems are designed, built, and evolved with a strong emphasis on scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability. You will leverage AIassisted engineering and analysis tools to enhance design quality, accelerate insight, and improve engineering effectivenesswhile holding a consistently high bar for technical correctness and accountability.
You will:
- Technical Vision & Architecture Leadership
- Define, evolve, and communicate longterm technical vision and architecture across largescope or multiteam systems.
- Ensure architectural decisions balance innovation with operational stability and longterm sustainability.
- AIAssisted Engineering Strategy
- Champion the effective and responsible use of AIassisted tooling to support system design, implementation insight, analysis, and troubleshooting.
- Establish technical guardrails and quality standards to ensure AIenabled workflows produce correct, secure, and maintainable outcomes.
- Maintain accountability for systemlevel results regardless of how tooling or automation is applied.
- System Quality, Reliability & Risk Management
- Anticipate and address systemic risks across distributed software platforms.
- Lead investigation and resolution of the most complex systemlevel or production issues.
- Drive architectural and engineering improvements that significantly improve platform stability and resilience.
- CrossOrganization Technical Influence
- Partner with senior engineers, architects, DevOps, and product leadership to align technical execution with longterm business goals.
- Influence technical decisions across organizations without direct authority.
- Act as a technical mentor and role model for senior and principal engineers.
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
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience (10+ years).
- Deep handson experience with Python and/or Golang on Unix/BSD operating systems.
- Expertlevel understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and largescale system design.
- Proven track record of defining and evolving architecture for complex, missioncritical software platforms.
- Experience leveraging AIassisted or automated tooling to improve engineering insight, design quality, or system analysis.
- Exceptional engineering judgment with the ability to evaluate correctness, risk, and longterm maintainability at system scale.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams and organizations.
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware) and containerized platforms (Kubernetes, Rancher) is a strong plus.
Desirable Requirements
- Experience with cloud-native applications and microservices architecture
- Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and practices
- Experience with containerized orchestration systems (Kubernetes, Rancher, etc) is a plus
- Certifications: Relevant certifications, such as VMware VCP or AWS Certified Developer, are a plus
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Jenkins, Github CI/CD) is a plus
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 March 2026
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Job ID:R282375
