Our DataPath Engineering team builds the high-performance storage software stack at the heart of Dell’s primary storage platforms - much of it built on and contributed back to open source, including the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK).
Join us as a Software Principal Engineer on our engineering team in Israel to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.
We work in an AI-native development environment - applying spec-driven development (SDD) and clear engineering governance to deliver complex software with both speed and without sacrificing quality.

Key Responsibilities

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will:

Design, develop, and own complex software features - from requirements and design through implementation, testing, and long-term support.
Build high-performance datapath software on SPDK, integrating emerging drive, enclosure, and protocol technologies.
Own performance analysis of the storage software data path - including queueing behavior, CPU efficiency, memory usage, PCIe bottlenecks, and latency behavior.
Work closely with architecture, hardware, and software teams on HW/SW interface definition.
Experiment with and integrate emerging AI tools into the development workflow to boost productivity and innovation.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

Relevant BSc with exceptional marks from a top university.
7+ years of hands-on experience with one or more of: storage, device drivers, embedded software/firmware, Linux, networking, including a proven track record of contributing to open-source projects and engaging with upstream communities.
Expert-level coding skills in C/C++.
Experience and understanding of Linux internals including algorithms, data structures, multithreading concepts, object synchronization and communication protocols.
Comfort working in an AI-native development environment - spec-driven development (SDD), AI-assisted workflows, and engineering governance.

Desirable Requirements

Deep experience with NVMe-oF, storage networking, or low-latency distributed systems, including hands-on familiarity with NVMe SSD internals and an understanding of how device-level features impact host-side performance.
Working knowledge of storage and networking protocols and related high-performance transports (RDMA/RoCE), along with experience using Python for infrastructure tooling, test automation, and scripting.

Software Principal Engineer DataPath Engineering - Dell Technologies, Israel 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 the software powering Dell's enterprise storage products as part of the Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) - spanning platforms, applications and diagnostics, all with the most advanced technologies, tools, software engineering methodologies and the collaboration of internal and external partners.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

Relevant BSc with exceptional marks from a top university.

7+ years of hands-on experience with one or more of: storage, device drivers, embedded software/firmware, Linux, networking, including a proven track record of contributing to open-source projects and engaging with upstream communities.

Expert-level coding skills in C/C++.

Experience and understanding of Linux internals including algorithms, data structures, multithreading concepts, object synchronization and communication protocols.

Comfort working in an AI-native development environment - spec-driven development (SDD), AI-assisted workflows, and engineering governance.

Desirable Requirements

Deep experience with NVMe-oF, storage networking, or low-latency distributed systems, including hands-on familiarity with NVMe SSD internals and an understanding of how device-level features impact host-side performance.

Working knowledge of storage and networking protocols and related high-performance transports (RDMA/RoCE), along with experience using Python for infrastructure tooling, test automation, and scripting.