Lead Engineer

Trimble Inc. • Princeton, NJ

5d • $136,400 - $187,500 • Remote

About The Position

Trimble Transportation is seeking a hands-on, generalist engineer to lead technical delivery across the product lifecycle and build, test, and deploy production software for Trimble TMS. The role owns the launch of Trimble TMS, makes pragmatic architecture decisions, guides customers through go-live, and uses AI-assisted development tools to help set technical direction and accelerate engineering delivery. The position is remote in the United States and requires less than 10% travel.

Requirements

• Significant hands-on experience designing, writing, and delivering robust production software.
• Proven technical leadership in design, code reviews, testing strategies, and production troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated proficiency with modern AI-assisted development tools to improve software engineering velocity and quality.
• Strong customer communication, systems thinking, and discovery skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Azure, C#, React, PostgreSQL, Kafka, GitHub, SQL Server, or Cursor tooling.
• Background or domain experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, finance, or accounting operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, review, deploy, and support production software across the Trimble TMS technology stack.
• Make architecture and technical design decisions that balance delivery speed, code quality, security, and maintainability.
• Discover customers’ operational needs and translate complex workflows into product requirements and engineering plans.
• Use AI-assisted development tools for prototyping, debugging, testing, and code reviews, applying sound engineering judgment.
• Guide customers through discovery, onboarding, data migration, go-live, and ongoing post-launch support.
• Take ownership of launching Trimble TMS and guide technical direction and delivery.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
• Time-off plans and retirement plans.
• Tax savings plans for health, dependent care, and commuter expenses (offered by most businesses).
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Bonus eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed