What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead AI Partner Engineer position at Dell Technologies and Careers?
The Lead AI Partner Engineer will serve as the primary technical interface between Dell Technologies and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) joining the Dell AI Technical Partner Program. This highly technical, hands‑on role guides new AI partners through onboarding, self‑validation, architecture review, blueprint creation, and compliance with Dell’s AI Factory and Self‑Validation criteria.
This person ensures partners have a seamless technical journey and continuously improves the partner‑facing validation process to accelerate partner success.
Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a LeadAI Partner Engineer on our Product team in Hopkinton, Massachusetts or Round Rock, TX.
Whatyou’llachieve
You will be the subject matter expert on Dell’s AI platforms—including application architectures, model pipelines, AI runtimes, and infrastructure stacks—and will directlyassistpartners as theyvalidateandoptimizetheir AI solutions on Dell. This role combines developer relations, partner engineering, technical program management, and solution validation.
You will:
- Lead technical onboarding and enablement of AI ISV partners, serving as the primary technical point of contact and guiding partners through AI Factory self‑validationworking with business leaders and developers.
- Provide hands‑onAI fullstackarchitectural guidance and validation, working directly in partner environments to review solutions,optimizeperformance, and ensure compliance with Dell Self‑Validation criteria.
- Develop and refine Dell Automation Platform blueprints, delivering prescriptive guidance to enable repeatable, scalable AI deployments.
- Drive program and process optimization, reducing partner time‑to‑validation through improved workflows, tooling, documentation, and automation.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, Solutions, and Partner teams to align partner capabilities with Dell’s AI strategy andadvocate for partner needs.
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
- 8–12 years inAI engineering, solutions architecture, developer relations, or partner engineering
- Deep technical understanding ofAI/ML solution architecture, including:
- Model training and inference patterns
- AIFrameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Triton, ONNX Runtime)
- AI runtimes and acceleration libraries (CUDA,cuDNN,TensorRT)
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes,Slurm, OpenShift AI)
- Handson experience deploying and validating workloads across complete infrastructure stacks (compute, GPU, networking, storage, observability).onexperience deploying and validating workloads across complete infrastructure stacks (compute, GPU, networking, storage, observability)
- Experience working with or supportingsoftwarepartnersor developersin a technical capacity
- Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering and business audiences
- Ability to work across multiple teams and managepartnerfacing technical programs end-to-end
Desirable Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,ComputerEngineering, Data Science, or similar, Master's degree preferred
- Experience withFull AI Solutions Stacks,Infrastructure Automation, or similar enterprise AI platforms (NVIDIA DGX, AWS SageMaker, GKE, Azure ML)
- BackgroundinSoftware Development,Developer Relations, Technical Evangelism, or Technical Partner Management is a strong plus
Compensation
Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $229,500.00 - $297,000.00
Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies
Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits. You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.com
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.
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:R285357Salary : $229,500 - $297,000