Location: Chennai
Team: Trimble Platform Team
Position Type: Full-Time
The Trimble Platform team is seeking a visionary Staff Software Engineer to champion our AI-first approach. In this role, you will lead multiple high-impact initiatives, embed AI into our daily engineering practices, and serve as a technical bridge across the organization. You will architect solutions, navigate complex enterprise hierarchies, and guide stakeholders toward scalable, forward-thinking technical decisions.
If you are ready to shape our AI-first engineering culture and deliver enterprise impact at scale, we want to hear from you.
A Calm & Composed Leader: You possess excellent communication skills and experience working seamlessly with globally distributed teams. You stay level-headed and clear-focused, even when navigating complex enterprise environments.
An AI Practitioner & Designer: You are a power user of LLMs and have hands-on experience building applications using foundation models.
An Application Designer & Leader: You know how to design full applications from the ground up. You excel at taking complex technical problems and breaking them down into smaller, clear tasks for your team to work on.
A Technical Leader: You excel at breaking down complex architectural initiatives and mentoring engineering teams to execute them flawlessly.
A Hands-On Builder: You maintain the ability to code, debug, and implement solutions alongside your team.
An Automation Advocate: You aggressively identify bottlenecks and automate CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery.
A Security & Quality Champion: You strongly believe in following a solid software development process. You design with a "shift-left" mentality, ensuring that cybersecurity, testing, and compliance are built in from the very beginning rather than added at the end.
10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of delivering scalable, enterprise-level applications.
Enterprise Influence: Exceptional communication skills with a proven history of driving architectural decisions and aligning stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment.
Beyond the Code: You bring experience that goes beyond standard individual contributor work, demonstrating clear impact in system design, process improvement, and technical leadership.
Full Stack Mastery: Deep programming experience in Java or Python, coupled with a strong understanding of UI technologies, Web service frameworks, and NoSQL databases.
AI-Native Development: Proven experience utilizing AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) in daily workflows, alongside a strong grasp of prompt and context engineering.
Cloud Architecture: Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions on AWS (AWS Certifications are a strong plus).
DevOps Mindset: Proven track record of implementing and automating robust CI/CD pipelines.
Experience developing applications using Agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph).
We are building the future of industrial technology, and our Platform team is at the very heart of this transformation. We offer a collaborative, global environment where your innovative ideas directly impact industries shaping the physical world.
Join us and help build an AI-first engineering culture that scales.
How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.
Join a Values-Driven Team: Belong, Grow, Innovate.
At Trimble, our core values of Belong, Grow, and Innovate aren't just words—they're the foundation of our culture. We foster an environment where you are seen, heard, and valued (Belong); where you have an opportunity to build a career and drive our collective growth (Grow); and where your innovative ideas shape the future (Innovate). We believe in empowering local teams to create impactful strategies, ensuring our global vision resonates with every individual. Become part of a team where your contributions truly matter.
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