Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform

Location : Chennai

Team : Trimble Platform Team

About the Role :

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.

Who You Are :

• A Calm & Composed Leader : You possess excellent communication skills and experience working seamlessly with globally distributed teams.

• 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 and break down complex technical problems.

• A Technical Leader : You excel at mentoring engineering teams to execute architectural initiatives 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.

• A Security & Quality Champion : You design with a shift-left mentality, ensuring cybersecurity, testing, and compliance are built in.

Core Skills & Requirements :

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering scalable, enterprise-level applications.

• Exceptional communication skills with a proven history of driving architectural decisions in a complex, matrixed environment.

• Deep programming experience in Java or Python, coupled with a strong understanding of UI technologies, Web service frameworks, and NoSQL databases.

• Proven experience utilizing AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) in daily workflows, alongside a strong grasp of prompt and context engineering.

• Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions on AWS.

• Proven track record of implementing and automating robust CI/CD pipelines.