Are you ready to lead a team at the absolute forefront of the AI revolution in enterprise software? As a Principal Software Development Engineer for the Vista Platform team to lead the integration of AI Agentic technologies you will leverage artificial intelligence to modernize and streamline maintenance on the Vista ERP application, while simultaneously using AI to accelerate the development of new, high-impact features. As a P4 lead, you will provide technical vision and mentorship, ensuring that AI-driven automation significantly reduces technical debt and optimizes the long-term sustainability of our flagship product.

Our ideal candidate has 7-10+ years of experience in C# .NET and is a seasoned full-stack leader with a proven track record in architecting distributed systems. You should possess deep expertise in AI Agentic frameworks and have a passion for using AI to modernize project maintenance and accelerate development cycles. You are a master of formal software design patterns, Domain Driven Design, and cloud-native principles within Azure (AKS). Beyond technical excellence, you are a natural mentor who is comfortable leading whiteboarding sessions, driving architectural decisions, and ensuring high-quality standards across a team of engineers.

Responsibilities

• AI-Driven Maintenance: Design and implement agentic AI workflows specifically aimed at automating routine maintenance, refactoring legacy codebases, and identifying architectural improvements within the Vista ERP ecosystem.
• Accelerated Development: Utilize AI agents to automate the generation of boilerplate code, documentation, and unit tests, significantly decreasing time-to-market for new feature sets.
• Full-Stack Leadership: Lead the development of distributed desktop products, WinForms, .NET Core services in Azure (AKS/Helm), and Blazor web applications with a focus on high-scale reliability and security.
• Architectural Stewardship: Modernize existing application architecture by incorporating AI-driven patterns, ensuring the platform remains maintainable and scalable.
• Technical Accountability: Establish and enforce high-level coding standards and AI governance, providing accountability for the team to produce consistent, high-quality output.
• Strategic Problem Solving: Lead technical whiteboarding and deep-dive sessions to resolve complex maintenance challenges and architect future-proof solutions.
• DevSecOps & CI/CD: Oversee the evolution of quality automation (unit, integration, and security scans) and manage sophisticated cloud deployment pipelines.
• Mentorship: Act as a technical pillar for the team, guiding  junior and mid-level developers in both core .NET engineering and emerging AI technologies.

Key Requirements

• Experience: 7–10+ years of relevant technical experience in software engineering.
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading complex technical projects and mentoring engineering teams.
• AI/LLM Proficiency: Practical experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and building agentic frameworks.
• Core Tech Stack: Expert knowledge of C# and .NET.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Deep experience with Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or Helm).
• Testing Excellence: Mastery of unit testing and mocking frameworks to ensure maintenance quality.
• Data & Identity: Advanced experience with SQL, Entity Framework, REST Web APIs, and Identity concepts (IAM, AuthN/AuthZ).

• Legacy Modernization: Experience using AI tools to assist in the migration or refactoring of legacy monolithic applications to microservices.
• Advanced Tooling: Expertise in Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud portal, and GitHub Copilot/AI coding assistants.
• Messaging: Experience with high-throughput eventing systems like Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with construction industry accounting or project management software.

This position is within Viewpoint’s software development group, as part of a team developing and maintaining the Vista ERP product. This division provides highly integrated enterprise software with accounting, project management, and operations modules for large-scale and enterprise construction companies throughout the world. 

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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.

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