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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Development & Agent Ops - Senior Principal Software Security Engineer - **Company:** Dell Technologies Inc. - **Location:** Hopkinton, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $196,000.0 - $269,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Frameworks, Cyber Security, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Programming Tools, Identity and Access Management, Metadata, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Enterprise Software Applications, GitHub Copilot, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Software Security, AI Platforms - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59558370-ai-development-agent-ops-senior-principal-software-security-engineer ## About the Role * 10+ years in a software engineering, platform engineering, security engineering, or related technical leadership role * Strong hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development, LLMs, agentic systems, AI development platforms, and modern software engineering practices * Demonstrated experience working with Product Security, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, or Governance teams to deliver secure enterprise software solutions and platforms * Practical understanding of secure software development practices, threat modeling, identity and access management, application security, and software supply chain security * Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product, security, and infrastructure stakeholders * Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous problems, structure them, and deliver concrete outputs including analyses, prototypes, specifications, or frameworks * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences Desirable Requirements * Direct, hands-on experience with agentic development tools and platforms (e.g., Windsurf/Codeium, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) * Experience evaluating, securing, or governing AI applications, copilots, agentic workflows, or enterprise AI platforms * Familiarity with MCP ecosystems, AI security concepts, LLM token economics, and enterprise AI governance frameworks * Experience in a large enterprise environment with compliance requirements, security review processes, and non-negotiable human oversight needs * Background in developer experience, platform engineering, security engineering, or internal developer tooling. * Experience building dashboards, measurement frameworks, security metrics, or data instrumentation for engineering productivity and risk visibility * Comfort operating in ambiguity, defining structures and processes where few exist, and creating clarity without waiting for it ## Description As a Senior Principal Software Engineer - AI Development & Agent Ops, you will be responsible for designing, building, and refining the services, platforms, and practices that enable ~9,000 engineers to develop with AI agents at scale. You will work with product, architecture, security, and engineering teams on Dell's agentic SDLC transformation - operating at the frontier of what it means to build software with AI. 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