Principal Backend Engineer

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Principal Backend Engineer on our Software Engineering Team in Glil Yam – Herzliya.

What you’ll achieve
As a Principal Backend Engineer, you will be instrumental in developing the core of our AI and data platform. Your responsibilities will include the design, development, and maintenance of robust, high‑performance, and scalable backend services. You will tackle complex technical challenges, focusing on optimizing system efficiency and contributing to key architectural decisions that will shape the future of our platform. This role offers a dynamic blend of hands‑on coding, in‑depth problem‑solving, and close collaboration with cross‑functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.

You will:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services for our AI and data platform
• Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions for microservices and distributed systems
• Build and operate high‑performance systems using event‑driven and data‑intensive components
• Debug, optimize, and improve production systems for scalability and reliability
• Work closely with product, data, and engineering teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions

Take the first step towards your dream career
Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements
• Relevant Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science or Software Engineering) with 6 to 8 years of backend development experience, primarily using Node.js, TypeScript, and Express

• Extensive hands‑on experience with MongoDB, Elasticsearch, MemSQL, Redis, and message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka

• Strong experience working in Kubernetes‑based, containerized environments and building microservices and distributed systems

• Proven experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and writing scalable, high‑performance backend code

Desirable Requirements
• Experience with Python for backend services

• Familiarity with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) and CI/CD practices

Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we’re looking for you.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.

Application closing date: 03 March 2026

Dell Technologies is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Job ID:R285527