Software Engineering Manager

Trimble Inc.; Lake Oswego (OR); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life & Disability

Time off plans; retirement plans

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Trimble Inc. in Lake Oswego, Oregon is seeking a Spectrum AI Engineering Manager who will lead a hands-on, high-impact team building next-generation enterprise AI capabilities.

You will shape architecture, mentor engineers, and drive delivery of agentic AI features across the Spectrum platform. This role blends technical leadership with people management: code, design reviews, guardrails for AI, and collaboration with product, security, and data teams to align with business goals.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams in agile environments.
• Strong OOP background with C#/.NET and modern JS frameworks (Angular/React/Vue).
• Hands-on deployment of agentic AI in enterprise settings.
• Experience with databases, SQL, APIs, ETL, and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to balance hands-on work with people leadership and ethical AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Direct hands-on deployment of agentic AI tooling across the product lifecycle.
• Architect shared infra, evaluation tooling, and CI/CD pipelines to improve quality and velocity.
• Review AI outputs, set guardrails, and turn prototypes into production-grade solutions.
• Provide talent leadership, mentoring, and career growth for the engineering pod.
• Collaborate with product, security, and data teams to align strategy with business goals.

Skills

Team leadership

C#/.NET

JavaScript frameworks

Agentic AI deployment

Relational databases & SQL

API development & ETL

CI/CD

Ethical AI

Job description

Lead the Future of AI Innovation as our Spectrum AI Engineering Manager!

Step into a high-impact leadership role where you will directly build, scale, and shape next-generation enterprise technology. As a hands‑on technical leader, you will integrate agentic AI frameworks into the core architecture of our industry‑leading Spectrum platform while driving developer velocity and mentoring an exceptional engineering team.

What Makes This Role Great:

In this high‑visibility position, you serve as the central driver of technical innovation and talent development for a flagship revenue‑generating platform. You get the best of both worlds: staying hands‑on with cutting‑edge agentic AI, context engineering, and software architecture while empowering an elite engineering team to grow, succeed, and solve real‑world industrial challenges.

Key Exciting Responsibilities

• Direct the hands‑on deployment of agentic AI coding tools, context engineering, and multi‑agent orchestration patterns across the entire product development life cycle.
• Architect robust shared infrastructure, evaluation tooling, and CI/CD pipelines to elevate code quality, security, and developer velocity.
• Champion technical excellence by reviewing AI‑generated output, setting system guardrails, and turning innovative local prototypes into production‑grade platform solutions.
• Drive end‑to‑end talent leadership, serving as a dedicated advocate, mentor, and manager to guide career growth and build a thriving pod culture.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, security, and enterprise data teams to align engineering strategy with core business objectives.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience leading software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development in agile environments.
• Strong technical background in object‑oriented programming with deep proficiency in C#/.NET and modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.
• Hands‑on expertise in deploying agentic AI tools across planning, development, and delivery stages within enterprise environments.
• Proven experience with relational databases, SQL, API development, ETL workflows, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Exceptional ability to balance hands‑on technical execution with people leadership while practicing ethical AI principles.

Bonus Points For

• Experience implementing agentic RAG and multi‑agent orchestration architectures within legacy enterprise systems.
• Background in modernizing high‑scale SaaS or ERP platforms in the construction or industrial technology space.

Logistics

Location: Lake Oswego, OR (Hybrid - 4 Days In‑Office)

Travel Requirement: 15%

Why You'll Love Working With Us:

• 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 $170,600.00–$234,600.00

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.

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 Governance->Governance Documents.

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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