Software Engineer

Your Title: Software Engineer

Job Location: Wellington, NZ

Our Department: Trimble Field Systems - Cloud

Are you a Software Engineer who is excited about working in Backend Development, DevOps, and Machine Learning, in an industry-leading global tech company?

What You Will Do

If you are a Software Engineer with a passion for Backend Development, DevOps, and Machine Learning, act now to apply for this role as part of the Trimble Field Systems Cloud Software development group. You will be a key member of the team responsible for designing and delivering significant cloud-based services.

As a Software Developer in the New Zealand Field Systems team, you will be responsible for innovating with and delivering solutions in Trimble's Reality Capture group. This role is highly impactful: you will design, implement, and maintain robust and scalable APIs to process and deliver data, and utilise your big data and ML experience to modernise our software by bringing solutions into the cloud.

Your role will be a mix of development, research, architecture, testing, and maintenance of services and their pipelines and infrastructure. Your key area of focus will be around the services responsible for the analysis and manipulation of complex geospatial data, including point clouds and surface scans.

As part of a dynamic team embracing Agile methodologies, you will be able to react quickly to changing requirements while working within the organisation to ensure success for our long-term strategies.

Daily, this will have you doing the following:

• Work with adjacent teams to build and manage Geospatial Data APIs and Databases for Features, Surfaces, and Point Clouds

• Build and maintain pipelines and infrastructure for both ML systems and general cloud applications

• Support various products in transitioning complex workloads into the Cloud

• Translate existing ML algorithms such that they can run in parallel on Apache Spark in the Cloud

• Organise and govern large geospatial data sets using technology such as Delta Lake

• Develop new research ideas and opportunities for pursuit by this team or others

• Contribute strong coding skills, developing high-quality reusable code and providing effective code reviews, ensuring best practices are followed

• Work with testers, domain experts & support staff

• Maintain source code, documentation and other work assets.

What you'll bring?

Along with being a motivated team player, with strong analytical and decision-making skills, excellent work prioritisation skills, and excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), you will also possess:

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or relevant experience

• Demonstrable professional as a Software Developer in a production environment using C#.NET and Python

• Demonstrable professional experience in DevOps and Cloud development

• Experience in Machine Learning, or AI development

• Experience in scalable Big Data approaches and relevant frameworks such as Spark

• Commitment to quality: writing testable, and tested code, contributing to code reviews and retrospectives

• Enjoy working in a team-based environment, as well as being self-motivated to succeed

• Preferred:

  • Domain knowledge and experience in the management of Geospatial data, especially surfaces and Point Clouds.

About Your Location

Based at Trimble's Wellington office in the downtown area, close to Cuba Street Mall, home to up to 20 Trimble employees, enjoy views out over Wellington harbour, a collaborative team space, free fruit and coffee, and a great environment where people love working with leading technology solutions.

At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 400 people in New Zealand, is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.

Please note: Only applicants legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered. 

About Trimble Field Systems

The Field Systems Cloud software team is building global solutions that allow our customers to be more productive, deliver higher quality outcomes, perform their jobs safer, drive transparency across operations, and perform work in a more sustainable manner. We are truly transforming the way the world works. Our customers are at the centre of everything we do, and we are grounded in our guiding principles when it comes to working with them and solving the complex challenges they encounter on a daily basis. We are moving at breakneck speed and leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver these solutions for these challenges.

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

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

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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