IT Graduate Development Program (ITDP) - AI-Native Software Engineer

IT Graduate Development Program (ITDP) - AI-Native Software Engineer

Location: Limerick (Fully On-site)

Job Description:

Dell IT is looking for a new kind of campus hire: AI-Native Engineers ready to make an accelerated impact from day one. As part of the IT Development Program (ITDP), you'll rotate across high-priority teams, partnering with experienced engineers, architects, data scientists, and product leaders to build intelligent solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. We are seeking recent graduates who combine strong software engineering fundamentals with hands-on experience applying Generative AI technologies such as copilots, AI agents, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to solve real-world problems.

At Dell Technologies, we invest in the development of our early career talent through the IT Development Program (ITDP). Participants gain exposure to real-world business challenges, rotational experiences across multiple teams, direct mentorship from technology leaders, and opportunities to build innovative solutions that support Dell's digital transformation.

Throughout the program, participants develop technical expertise, business acumen, leadership capabilities, and a strong network across Dell IT. With opportunities spanning software engineering, AI, data, cloud platforms, and infrastructure participants can shape a career aligned to both their interests and business priorities.

What you'll achieve

As a part of the IT Development Program, you'll experience rotations during your first two years in Dell IT. This rotation program is designed to provide broad exposure across different technology teams while helping you build the skills needed for a successful long-term career.

During the program, you will complete two one-year rotations before being placed in your final role upon graduation from the program.

You will be matched to teams based on:

• Your technical skills and demonstrated capabilities
• Your career interests and desired learning path
• Team preferences identified through networking and exploration
• Business priorities and manager selection processes

Throughout your rotations, you'll contribute to delivering business outcomes through modern software engineering, AI-powered solutions, data-driven decision making, and scalable enterprise platforms.

Software Engineering

Depending on business needs, your day-to-day role may include :

Develop and deploy AI-powered applications, assistants, agents, and intelligent workflows

Must have qualified from relevant degree fulltime education level 8 2026 or 2027.

Build scalable software solutions using cloud-native architectures and modern engineering practices

Design and implement integrations across enterprise applications, APIs, data platforms, and AI services

Contribute to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, and automation solutions that improve business productivity

Partner with architects, product managers, data scientists, and software engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions

Apply responsible AI, security, privacy, and governance principles throughout the development lifecycle

Participate in CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and operational excellence practices to ensure reliable and scalable solutions

Use data and experimentation to improve customer and employee experiences

Learn emerging technologies quickly and apply them to real-world business challenges

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning

Strong foundations in software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, testing, and system design

Demonstrated hands on experience building and deploying AI-powered applications, solutions, or automations through internships, research, coursework, hackathons, open source contributions, or personal projects

Experience working with Generative AI concepts including LLMs, AI assistants, copilots, AI agents, prompt engineering, or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Ability to learn quickly and solve complex problems in ambiguous and fast-paced environments

Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams

Evidence of ownership, accountability, and delivering measurable outcomes

Dell Culture Code/Power Skills Requirements

• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and tools such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or similar technologies
• Experience building AI assistants, copilots, AI agents, workflow automations, or intelligent recommendation systems
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience working with APIs, microservices, containers, or event-driven architecture
• Familiarity with CI/CD, testing frameworks, and agile software development practices
• Understanding of data engineering, databases, and modern data platform concepts
• Experience participating in hackathons, research programs, technical competitions, or open-source communities
• Portfolio of projects demonstrating practical application of AI technologies to real-world business or technical problems

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. Read the full Equal Employment Opportunity Policy here.

Job Info

• Job Identification 298152
• Job Category Software Engineer-IT
• Posting Date 10/01/2026, 10:43 PM
• Apply Before 11/01/2026, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Raheen Business Park (EMF1), Limerick, Limerick, V94 FH21, IE
• Award winning financial wellness tools and resources
• Generous leave of absence for new parents and caregivers