Job Description

Senior Software 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.

We build enterprise-grade, massively scalable cluster-based storage systems running across Linux and BSD. Our portfolio includes a multi-petabyte S3 object store and a scale-out NAS platform. We’re a modern, scrum-based engineering org that ships with high velocity and quality, using the best tools, hardware, and practices. 

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Software Engineer on our Software Engineering Team in Round Rock, Texas, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Seattle, Washington .

What you’ll achieve
As a Senior Software Engineer , you will deliver scalable, high-performance storage and systems software that powers secure, highly available private and hybrid cloud solutions for customers.

You will:

• Own problems end-to-end across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and supportability within a cluster storage system
• Build and harden distributed services: durability, consistency, replication, data paths, metadata, control planes, scheduling, placement, and lifecycle management
• Optimize performance across compute, memory, IO, networking (including RDMA), and storage media (NVMe/SSD/HDD); drive latency and throughput improvements with data-driven profiling
• Advance reliability through observability, telemetry, failure injection, chaos testing, and automated remediation; raise the bar on serviceability and supportability
• Contribute to security & compliance with secure-by-default engineering

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:

• Strong foundation in systems programming and distributed systems fundamentals, including concurrency, networking, storage architecture, consistency models, and fault tolerance
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (C/C++, Java, or Python) with the willingness to learn across the full technology stack
• Hands-on experience developing and debugging on Linux or BSD systems, using performance and observability tools such as perf, strace/dtrace/eBPF, and tcpdump
• Demonstrate ability to write clean, testable code, with experience across unit, integration, and system-level testing and CI/CD pipelines

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• Deep understanding and knowledge across kernel subsystems, device drivers, and firmware, with hands-on experience in RDMA/verbs and user‑space, high-performance I/O frameworks (SPDK, DPDK)

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The salary range for the Software Engineer position is 130K to 155K

The salary range for the Senior Software Engineer position is 158K to 185K

(Note: compensation may vary depending on location)

Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies

Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits. You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.com

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: 03 June 2026

Dell Technologies is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Read the full Equal Employment Opportunity Policy here .

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