Senior Principal AI Engineer (Austin)

Senior Principal AI Agent EngineerThe 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. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as an Senior Principal AI Agent Engineer on our Agentic AI Software Engineering Team in Austin, Texas.Take the first step towards your dream careerEvery Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:Essential Requirements10+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent skill; must include hands-on experience building LLM-powered systems, production AI agents, or autonomous workflowsStrong programming skills in Python, automation tooling, and KubernetesExperience with orchestration frameworks, tool calling, RAG, or evaluation frameworksExceptional problem-solving skills with ability to adapt in fast-moving environmentsCompensationDell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position is $196,000 - $269,500.What you’ll achieveWe are seeking a Senior Principal AI Agent Engineer to help shape the future of our intelligent systems and build AI-native engineering systems and autonomous development workflows. This role focuses on designing scalable, production-ready AI solutions where LLMs can reason, use tools, and automate software engineering tasks.The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with hands-on experience building agentic AI systems, orchestration workflows, and AI-assisted developer tooling.You will:Design and build AI-driven engineering workflows using LLMs and autonomous agentsSteer and validate AI coding agents to improve engineering throughput and code qualityDevelop testing, evaluation, and guardrail frameworks for AI-generated outputOptimize context management using embeddings, retrieval, and memory strategiesPartner with teams to deliver scalable, secure, cloud-native AI solutionsFull timePosting Date: 2026-07-06