Software Principal Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

The Software Engineering team delivers next-generation software 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. Join us as a Software Principal Engineer on our Networking team in Chennai/Bangalore to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

Your Impact:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the end-to-end engineering of Dell networking products and solutions for data center and AI fabric environments. 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own complex networking features end-to-end, from requirements through validation of production-quality Dell Enterprise SONiC software.
• Architect and deliver large-scale data center capabilities on Dell PowerSwitch (800GbE/1.6TbE) platforms, including RoCEv2, congestion management, adaptive routing, SRv6, and dynamic load balancing.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues across the control plane, data plane, SAI, and switch ASIC layers.
• Drive fabric automation using REST APIs, gNMI/OpenConfig, YANG, Python, Ansible, ONIE, and ZTP.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science/engineering with 10 to 15 years of experience developing networking software for enterprise, cloud, AI environments.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python on Linux; hands-on experience in SONiC or equivalent NOS including SAI architecture.
• Proven experience in hardware platform bring-up, board-level validation, and integration of switch ASICs, PHYs, FPGAs, BMCs, optics, etc.