Senior Software Development Engineer - AI and Optimization

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Professional development

Unconditional inclusion

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and scale AI‑enabled security applications. You will drive engineering initiatives across product security, data, and platform teams, delivering measurable impact.

The role blends software engineering excellence with AI experimentation and secure development practices, with a hybrid working pattern averaging two days per week in an HPE office.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6–10 years of software engineering experience delivering enterprise applications.
• Experience with MERN stack and Python development.
• CI/CD pipelines and tools (GitOps, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience in software architecture, testing, and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and delivery of complex software applications and platforms across lifecycle stages.
• Drive end‑to‑end software engineering initiatives with scalability, security, and maintainability in mind.
• Review architectures and designs to ensure alignment with engineering standards and reduce risk.
• Provide technical leadership for cross‑functional projects and stakeholder alignment.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to boost product capabilities and developer productivity.
• Contribute to engineering standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Mentor engineers through reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands‑on collaboration.

Skills

MERN stack

Python

AI/ML

Cloud technologies

MLOps

LLMs

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

GitOps

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer - AI and Optimization

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

About the Role

As a Senior Software Development Engineer within HPE's Product Security Office, you will design, build, and scale AI-enabled security applications that improve engineering productivity, security analysis, automation, and decision-making across the enterprise. You will combine software engineering, AI/ML, large language models, agentic workflows, data engineering, and secure development practices to create capabilities that accelerate how Product Security teams identify risk, generate insight, and drive remediation. This role requires strong technical depth, systems thinking, and a builder mindset. You will work across Product Security, engineering, data, and platform teams to transform complex security challenges into scalable software solutions that deliver measurable impact.

About You

You are an experienced software engineer who enjoys building new capabilities from ambiguous problems. You combine strong software engineering fundamentals with curiosity about AI technologies and their practical application to cybersecurity challenges. You can move comfortably between architecture discussions, hands‑on development, AI experimentation, and production deployment. You focus on delivering solutions that are maintainable, scalable, and measurable, and you look for opportunities to create capabilities that continue delivering value long after the initial implementation is complete.

What you’ll do

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of complex software applications and platforms, providing technical leadership across solution design, analysis, coding, testing, integration, and deployment activities.
• Drive end‑to‑end execution of software engineering initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with business and technical objectives.
• Review and evaluate software designs, architecture decisions, and development activities to ensure alignment with engineering standards, improve solution quality, and reduce operational and delivery risk.
• Provide technical expertise and engineering leadership for cross‑functional projects, influencing technical direction, resolving complex challenges, and enabling successful delivery across organizational boundaries.
• Champion the evaluation, adoption, and integration of emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices that improve product capabilities, developer productivity, and overall solution effectiveness.
• Contribute to the definition and evolution of software engineering standards, development methodologies, and best practices that support consistent and high‑quality delivery.
• Mentor and coach engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands‑on collaboration, helping to strengthen engineering capability across the team.

What you need to bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 6‑10 years of software engineering experience designing and delivering enterprise applications and platforms.
• Experience developing applications using the MERN stack and Python.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitOps, Docker, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with software systems architecture, including designing and integrating solutions across multiple platform types.
• Experience evaluating software testing methodologies, developing test plans, debugging complex issues, and creating testing tools and automation.
• Experience working with AI/ML, cloud technologies, MLOps, large language models, and agentic AI concepts.
• Experience and Expertise Understanding of AI security, responsible AI principles, and governance frameworks.
• Understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and secure coding practices.
• Experience with a variety of software design tools, frameworks, and programming languages.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts, product architectures, and design proposals to technical and senior leadership audiences.
• Ability to evaluate alternatives, influence technical direction, and build alignment across stakeholders.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

• Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness.
• We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.

HPE is an EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities. HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.

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Accessibility HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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