Software Engineer II - Java

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

Job Description

Trimble is recruiting for a Software Engineer II to fill an opportunity in Chennai, India.

Main Responsibilities

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

• Make use of well-established design patterns and architectures that suit the Salesforce platform and follow agile development processes. 

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining software applications on the Salesforce platform. 

• 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.

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.

Skill sets

• Strong proficiency in Java programming language and frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate, JPA).

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with RESTful APIs and API design principles.

• Understanding of database management systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).

• 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, React, Redux and PWA

• Version Control Systems:

  • Bitbucket / GitHub

  • Managing code changes and 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 software engineers

  • Providing technical expertise and guidance

• Agile Methodologies:

  • Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

  • Planning for Iterative development cycles

• 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 3 to 7 years.

Supervisory Responsibility

Nil