Software Senior Principal Engineer
Round Rock, TXFull-time$200–275K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Senior Principal Engineer will design and implement large-scale distributed services, lead design reviews, and ensure architectural compliance. The role also prototypes innovations to improve reliability and developer productivity, partnering with product and operations on readiness. Dell seeks extensive distributed-systems experience, proficiency across multiple languages and frameworks, and cross-functional leadership. A computer science or software engineering degree and cloud certifications or container orchestration expertise are desirable.
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Full job description
Senior Principal Engineer, Software Engineering
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.
What you’ll achieve:
As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will design and implement large-scale services, lead technical reviews, and ensure architectural compliance. You will pioneer innovations that raise reliability and developer productivity.
Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Principal Engineer on our Software Engineering team.
Responsibilities
You will:
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Design and implement large-scale distributed services.
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Lead design reviews and enforce architectural standards.
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Prototype innovations to improve reliability and productivity.
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Partner with product and operations on readiness.
Qualifications
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
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12+ years of related experience
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Extensive experience designing large distributed systems.
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Proficiency across multiple languages and frameworks.
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Ability to lead technical reviews and ensure compliance.
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Collaboration and leadership in cross-functional teams.
Desirable Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
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AWS/Azure certifications; Kubernetes or container orchestration expertise.
Compensation :
Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $200k - $275k.
Job Identification 301591
Job Category Software Engineering
Job Schedule Full time
Locations 200 Dell Way (RR5), Round Rock, TX, 78682, US
Total Compensation Range USD 200000 - USD 275000
How this job compares
Set against the 9,034 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$200–275K/yr
- Texas median$135–232K/yr331 salary ranges
- US median$146–251K/yr7,057 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $238K, is 29% above the Texas median midpoint ($184K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineering salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 556 open Software Engineering jobs in Texas and 9,034 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 6,893 postings).
- Education
- 2,084 of the 9,034 open Software Engineering jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Software Engineer jobs
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