Staff Software Engineer

Join the Team Shaping the Future of Industrial Technology!

Ready to make a tangible impact on global industries using cutting-edge technology? Trimble is looking for a passionate problem-solver like you to help us transform the way the world works!

About Us

Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.

About Document Crunch

Document Crunch is a premier AI-powered contract intelligence platform for the construction industry. By simplifying complex construction documents, Document Crunch empowers project teams to understand their risks and manage contracts with confidence. As part of the Trimble ecosystem, this technology serves as "intelligent DNA," accelerating AI adoption to create a future of zero project disputes and increased transparency across the AECO industry.

What Makes This Role Great

In this role, you'll be at the forefront of our AI-driven platform, directly influencing the technical architecture and engineering standards that shape how construction teams manage risk, and contributing to a team that is driving global productivity. You will have the opportunity to make significant contributions that improve how people live, build, move, and grow.

Key Exciting Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design for a critical problem domain — including AI/ML systems, data pipeline infrastructure, search/retrieval, and platform scalability — owning key deliverables that drive customer success.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams — backend, infrastructure, security, and product — to integrate advanced technologies into our core platforms.
• Spearhead the development of scalable, secure, and performant cloud-native solutions that solve critical real-world challenges for our customers.
• Drive continuous improvement in DevSecOps, observability, CI/CD, and compliance automation to ensure high-quality and sustainable project outcomes.
• Mentor and develop senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical growth and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Unblock the hardest cross-team technical challenges, aligning multiple teams around shared technical goals and consistent architectural decisions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of professional software development experience in Python, JavaScript, Node.js, C#, Java, or equivalent languages.
• Proven track record of designing and leading large-scale system architecture, with strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving skills with a passion for delivering "visionary pragmatist" results, converting ambiguous business problems into clear technical strategies that actually work.
• Deep knowledge of DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD best practices.
• Experience with API design, microservices patterns, distributed systems, and data pipeline architecture.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with AI/ML systems, RAG pipelines, or LLM applications.
• Familiarity with construction technology, document processing, or enterprise software.
• Contributions to open-source projects or involvement in technical communities.

Logistics

• Location: Austin, TX
• Travel Requirement: Minimal

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

At Trimble, we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. Our purpose-driven culture means you’ll work on projects that truly matter—helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide.

• Collaborate with like-minded people: You will work with a supportive team that fosters a genuine sense of belonging.
• Be an owner: We thrive on an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."

Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

$144,600.00–$198,800.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Bonus Eligible?

Yes

Commission Eligible?

No

Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Application Deadline: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.”

Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.

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