Principal Software Engineer – System Test & Platform Validation (SONiC AI & Enterprise Networking)
Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) builds the products that power infrastructure, solutions, and data management our customers need most. Our teams design and develop the hardware and software that connect infrastructure, accelerate computational workloads, integrate across the stack, protect data continuity, and deliver the platforms, applications, and diagnostics our customers rely on every day at enterprise scale.
Some product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.
Within ISG, innovation isn't just about creating new technology- it's about challenging assumptions and reimagining how work gets done. Engineers define intent, author precise specifications, and orchestrate AI agents that execute at speed and scale. AI is embedded throughout our development process, helping us move faster, learn quicker, and deliver greater impact. Yet the most important contribution remains uniquely human: deciding what to build, designing how it should work, and applying the judgment needed to earn our customers' trust. When your products power critical infrastructure around the world, that responsibility matters.
We move quickly toward the work that matters most. We reward experimentation, encourage bold thinking, and remove unnecessary barriers so great ideas can become reality faster. Our teams embrace a customer-first, first-to-market mindset, transforming rapid feedback into better products and better outcomes. We aren't looking for people who are content with the status quo- we look for builders who question it, improve it, and occasionally rewrite it.
If you're energized by solving complex systems challenges, excited to work alongside AI to amplify your impact, and motivated by the opportunity to shape what's next instead of simply maintaining what's been done before, you'll find your place here.
Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Principal Software Engineer on our System Test Engineering team in Chennai, India.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for validating SONiC-based networking platforms for AI, data center, and enterprise environments, covering functional validation of hardware-software integration, optics and cable qualification, UDS (Uni-Dimensional Scale) and stress testing, and platform security. As a successful candidate, you will be a technically savvy, passionate, and strongly self-driven engineer who drives the deliverables and objectives entrusted to you, your team, and scrums, working with platform, firmware, and hardware teams to solve complex hardware and system integration challenges and deliver reliable, secure, production-ready SONiC platforms across air-cooled and liquid-cooled deployments. Hiring at the Principal Software Engineer level or below, based on technical expertise, experience, and demonstrated impact.
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Application Closing Date: 30 November 2026
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