Software Principal Engineer / Web App Developer

Dell Inc.; Hopkinton (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Inc. in Hopkinton, MA is seeking a Software Principal Engineer to lead hands-on development on the ADLC Portal, an AI-native platform that governs AI-assisted software delivery.

You will design and ship major subsystems end to end, work with AI agents daily, and raise the engineering bar through hands-on leadership.

This onsite role offers high autonomy and rapid shipping within a startup-like team.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship major subsystems end to end: front end, back-end services, and the data layer that stores specifications, artifacts, agent runs and their lineage.
• Spend 70%+ of time building (with AI agents as part of daily workflow) and set the technical bar for the team.

Job description

Software Principal Engineer

The Agentic Development Lifecycle (ADLC) Portal is the central platform our engineering organization uses to deliver software with AI agents as first-class team members. Engineers, architects and product managers use it to author and approve specifications, launch and monitor agent-driven implementation pipelines, enforce quality and governance gates, and trace every change from requirement to production with a full audit trail and delivery metrics. We are a small, AI-native team operating like a startup inside Dell: high autonomy, weekly shipping, and humans and AI agents sharing the delivery work every day. We don't just use AI tools; we build the platform that governs how AI builds software.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound impact as a Software Principal Engineer on our AI Governance Engineering team in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. This is an onsite role.

What you'll achieve

As the senior hands-on engineer on the ADLC Portal, you will design and ship major subsystems end to end: front end, back-end services, and the data layer that stores specifications, artifacts, agent runs and their lineage. You will spend most of your time building (70%+), working alongside AI agents as part of your daily workflow, and setting the technical bar for the team.