Software Engineering Lead

Job Description

Trimble is recruiting for a Software Engineering Lead to fill an opportunity in Chennai, India.

Job Purpose

• Design and Develop Software solutions to meet the functional requirements of innovative products developed by Trimble. 

• Make use of well-established design patterns, architectures and follow agile development processes. 

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining software applications. 

• Perform unit testing of the code developed, develop unit test cases and test harness. 

• Perform system integration and bug fixing, develop user documentation, generation of relevant reports and review similar work done by peers.

• The candidate is also anticipated to manage the Indian, US and Australian time zones effectively to attend client calls, handle production issues, and so forth.

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the team's efficiency and effectiveness in development and release activities

• Should have experience with agile methodologies, monitoring all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards.

• Should be able to assess and communicate potential risks related to software quality, helping the team to prioritize testing efforts based on the potential impact.

Main Responsibilities

• Read and understand high-level product descriptions or requirement documents and propose one or more software designs at the module level that are highly reusable and subject to the design principles of the software’s target host platform.

• Decompose design elements into the structured code as per prevailing coding guidelines, preparation and execution of unit test cases and development of test codes or test harnesses. Traceback through code, design and resolve issues and bugs.

• Plan, organize and execute assignments with very little or moderate supervision, in an agile environment

• Responsible for deliveries within the required deadlines. Deliveries can be modules, documentation, customer releases, etc.

• Collaborate with business analysts, stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements

• Coordinate with the team for the timely delivery of work products. Ensure the quality of work products by reviews.

• Write and maintain clean, efficient, and well-documented code

• Ensure data integrity and accuracy through data analysis and data cleansing activities

• Create and maintain technical design documentation

• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

• Develop and execute unit and integration tests

• Support the deployment of solutions into production environments

• Sub-Module level responsibility in large projects and Module (or component) level responsibility in small/medium sized projects and complete responsibility is small-sized projects, depending upon the complexity and decomposition

• Work with User Experience, QA teams to ensure the validity of the solution

• Be contemporary by adopting technological and market evolutions

• Other responsibilities as assigned by the management from time to time

Key Result Area

• Timely delivery of development and quality release on a sprint-to-sprint basis.  

• Unit test coverage to be at least 90% (90% of manual test cases must be automated).

• Effective reporting of work and reports.

Skillsets

• Strong proficiency in .NET MAUI and C#.

• Experience in developing mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms.

• Knowledge of MVC and MVVM pattern for designing and structuring applications.

• Strong command of C# for developing applications with .NET Core and .NET Web API

• APIs and Integration:

  • Experience with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.

  • Experience with developing micro services

• Version Control:

  • Proficiency with version control systems like Git.

• Web Technologies and Protocols:

  • Understanding web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Familiar with HTTP, HTTPS, RESTful APIs, and PWA

• Version Control Systems:

  • Bitbucket / GitHub

  • Managing code changes

  • Collaborating with other team members

  • Maintaining a history of code revisions.

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):

  • Tools like Jenkins/Bamboo/Buildkite

  • Integrating the automation into CI/CD pipelines

• Problem-Solving and Analytical Thinking:

  • Designing efficient automation solutions/Framework

  • Ability to identify and troubleshoot complex software defects

• Leadership and Mentoring:

  • Guiding and mentoring other team members

  • Providing technical expertise and guidance

• Agile Methodologies:

  • Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

  • Planning for Iterative development cycles

  • Manage frequent releases

• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: 

  • Ability to identify and mitigate risks related to software quality. 

  • Measure how well risks are documented and managed throughout the project.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduated from a premier institute.

• B.E / B.Tech or M.E / M.Tech / M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or an equivalent degree with a good JEE / AIEEE / GATE score.

• 10th Grade: State Boards 90%. Central or International Boards: 80%

• 12th Grade: State Boards 90%. Central or International Boards: 80%

• An impressive performance in any national-level Olympiad or talent search examination would be a valuable asset.

• Presenting a paper at a national-level forum, contributing to open-source projects, and participating in standards bodies would be beneficial additions.

• Working experience in a tier-1 organization for a period of min 3 to 7 years.

About Trimble:

Trimble is a leading provider of advanced positioning solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability for our customers. We are an exciting, entrepreneurial company, with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best. While GPS is at our core, we have grown beyond this technology to embrace other sophisticated positioning technologies and, in doing so, we are changing the way the world works. Those who successfully lead others to meet our objectives are vital to our organization. Leadership at Trimble is much more than simply exercising assigned authority; we expect our leaders to embrace a mission-focused leadership style, demonstrating the strength of character, intellect and the ability to convert ideas to reality. www.trimble.com