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Build the Future of Intelligent Construction as a Software Engineer (AI Foundation)!
Ready to revolutionize the construction industry by moving beyond basic automation to production-ready AI? As a key member of our AI Foundation team, you will build the scalable, agent-enabled infrastructure that powers the next generation of cloud-based platforms for global contractors, ensuring every AI-driven insight is reliable, secure, and impactful at scale.
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.
AECO: The Trimble AECO segment provides digital construction solutions that increase precision and productivity for Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations.
What Makes This Role Great:
In this role, you will be at the heart of Trimble's fundamental shift toward AI-integrated workflows. You won't just be experimenting; you will be building the core technical infrastructure that transitions AI initiatives from the lab to production. By developing reusable frameworks and safety governance, you will directly influence how millions of users interact with intelligent, cloud-based construction technology.
Key Exciting Responsibilities

• Integrate Claude (Anthropic), GPT-4o/o-series (OpenAI), and Gemini (Google) APIs into globally deployed construction platforms alongside Azure AI services
• Translate architectural designs into performant, scalable code, integrating Azure AI and OpenAI into global platforms.
• Establish the "ground truth" infrastructure by implementing traceability and monitoring systems to ensure AI safety and ethical guardrails.
• Create shared internal libraries and API wrappers that empower product teams across the division to adopt AI capabilities rapidly.
• Drive engineering consistency through shared tools and documentation that promote industry best practices.
• Design and ship agentic workflows using LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, and MCP-based tooling for complex, multi-step construction data tasks
• Spearhead the development of agent-enabled systems capable of handling complex data tasks for large-scale construction operations.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of production experience in C#/.NET, TypeScript, or Python
• Proven expertise in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and solving complex technical problems independently.
• Daily fluency with AI-powered development tools: VSCode, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and AI coding assistants as part of your standard workflow
• Hands-on experience with one or more frontier model APIs: Claude, GPT, or Gemini

Tools & stack you'll work in

• AI/agent: LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, MCP protocol, Azure AI Foundry, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering
• Cloud/data: Azure (ACI, ACR, AKS), Databricks, Kafka, Unity Catalog, REST/OpenAPI
• Dev tooling: VSCode, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Actions, Docker, Azure DevOps
• Frontend: React, Vite, TypeScript

Bonus Points For:

• Experience working within a large-scale global organization.
• Familiarity with architectural design principles.
• Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, or GitHub Actions.

Logistics:
Location: Lake Oswego, OR (Onsite)
Travel Requirement: 10%
Why You'll Love Working With Us
At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"-we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.
You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.
Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find 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
$122,500.00-$168,400.00
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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