Software Engineer - Data Protection Software Engineering

the opportunity to shape what's next instead of simply maintaining what's been done before, you'll find your place here.

Join us and help build the future of enterprise technology.

The Data Protection Software Engineering team delivers next-generation cyber resiliency, data protection, and data availability solutions for enterprises operating across on-premises, hybrid cloud, and public cloud environments. Working at the forefront of innovation, we build highly scalable and intelligent software platforms that protect customer data against operational failures, cyber threats, and ransomware attacks.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Software Engineer 2 on our ISG Software Engineering team in Santa Clara, California.

As a Software Engineer 2 , you will contribute to the development of Dell's next-generation Data Protection platform with a particular focus on cloud-native control plane services, distributed systems, and data protection workflows. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to deliver high-quality software while leveraging modern AI-assisted engineering methodologies throughout the software development lifecycle.

- 4+ years of software development experience - Strong programming skills in Java and object-oriented design principles, strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills, hands-on experience building backend services using Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and REST APIs - Experience developing cloud-native applications, microservices, or distributed systems, experience using modern AI development tools to accelerate code development, testing, documentation, and software delivery - Solid understanding of operating systems, networking fundamentals, concurrency, and multithreaded programming, e

xperience developing on Linux/Unix platforms, knowledge of databases, messaging systems, and event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, NoSQL databases, etc.)

- Strong communication and collaboration skills

- Knowledge of virtualization/containerization technologies including VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, OpenStack, OpenShift or Kubernetes, knowledge of cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud - Experience in Data Protection, Backup & Recovery, Cyber Recovery, Storage, or Infrastructure Software domains; experience with Test Driven Development, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, exposure to Golang and/or C++, experience with performance profiling and scalability testing, familiarity with AI/ML, GenAI, Agentic AI systems, or AI-assisted software development.

- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable microservices and control plane components that power Dell's Data Protection portfolio, demonstrate ownership, continuous learning, and a quality-first engineering mindset - Build and enhance REST-based services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot technologies, leverage Spec Driven Development, AI-assisted development tools, and automation technologies to improve engineering productivity and software quality - Contribute to the architecture and implementation of cloud-native distributed systems deployed across public cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments, troubleshoot and resolve product issues through detailed root-cause analysis and debugging across multiple technology stacks - Develop software for orchestration, policy management, monitoring, lifecycle management, and data protection workflows, develop automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure product quality and reliability - Participate in software design reviews, code reviews, security reviews, and operational readiness reviews, wWork closely with Product Management, Customer Support, and other Engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions