Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

This role has been designed as "Onsite" with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

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:

We are looking for a Principal Systems Software Engineer with over a decade of experience to lead the development of our Linux system management and monitoring infrastructure. This role is perfect for a developer who enjoys working at the intersection of high-level application logic and low-level system internals.

In this position, you will build the "brain" of our Debian-based systems—creating Go-based tools that manage software lifecycles, monitor service health, and ensure system-wide observability.

Key Responsibilities

• System Management Tooling: Build and maintain Golang applications for Linux user-space management, focusing on Debian-based distributions.
• Package Management & Monitoring: Develop programmatic solutions to monitor installed packages, manage updates via apt/dpkg APIs, and ensure version consistency.
• Service Observability: Design systems to track service status, health metrics, and automated log retrieval/parsing for rapid troubleshooting.
• Debian Packaging: Oversee the packaging of internal software into production-ready.deb files, including post-install scripting and dependency management.
• Architecture Design: Lead the transition toward more modular, service-oriented system tools while maintaining peak performance in a Linux environment.

Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

10+ years of professional software development experience.

Expert proficiency in Golang (Go) for systems-level programming.

Deep knowledge of Linux (User Space), including system calls, signals, and IPC.

Strong understanding of Linux system management (systemd, journald, file systems).

Hands-on experience with Debian packaging and package management internals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microservices Development: Experience designing distributed systems or microservice architectures to handle complex system tasks.
• Python Programming: Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, or maintaining existing system utilities.
• Security: Familiarity with Linux security modules (AppArmor/SELinux) or secure boot concepts.
• Performance Tuning: Experience with profiling Go applications (pprof) and optimizing resource usage on embedded or server-grade Linux.

The Technical Landscape

Your work will sit be Why This Role?

You won't just be writing "apps"; you will be writing the software that keeps the operating system running smoothly. You will have a high degree of influence over the tooling and architecture used across our entire Linux fleet.

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.

Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in CaliforniaThe listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at

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