Company Overview
Group/Division
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
The Senior Software Engineer builds and supports software systems that enable AI-driven capabilities in products and internal platforms. This role focuses on developing reliable services, APIs, and workflows that integrate machine learning and generative AI (where applicable) into real-world applications. The engineer works closely with AI/ML engineers, data engineers, and product partners to deliver features from design through production support.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop backend services and APIs that integrate AI/ML capabilities into applications (e.g., inference endpoints, orchestration services, workflow automation).
- Implement business logic around AI outputs, including validation, confidence handling, fallback behaviors, and human-in-the-loop patterns where needed.
- Build integration layers to connect AI services with enterprise systems and data sources.
- Own delivery of highly complex features/components with limited guidance: break down tasks, estimate effort, and deliver on schedule.
- Write clean, maintainable code with appropriate abstractions and documentation.
- Build robust testing (unit/integration) and ensure features meet performance, reliability, and security expectations.
- Instrument services with logging, metrics, and tracing; support production monitoring and incident triage.
- Troubleshoot issues across environments and participate in on-call/operational support rotations as applicable.
- Apply basic responsible AI practices—logging, transparency, and guardrails—based on established team standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5–7 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production applications/services.
- Proficiency in at least one modern language such as Python, C#,etc..
- Experience building APIs/services, working with databases, and shipping features via CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, debugging, testing, and code quality.
- Experience supporting AI or ML-enabled applications (e.g., integrating inference services, building orchestration around model outputs).
- Familiarity with LLM application patterns (prompt orchestration, RAG basics, tool/function calling) and evaluation concepts.
Nice to Have
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure/AWS/GCP) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Exposure to event-driven systems (queues/streams) and observability tooling.
- Experience with basic front-end development or building AI-assisted UX flows.
Core Skills
- Backend Engineering: REST APIs, services, async processing, microservice patterns
- Software Quality: unit/integration testing, CI/CD, code reviews, documentation
- Operations: logging/metrics/tracing, performance tuning, incident triage
- AI Integration (preferred): model inference integration, orchestration, guardrails/fallbacks
- Data Fundamentals: SQL basics, data contracts, working with structured/semi-structured data
Minimum Qualifications
Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.
KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5 - 7 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production applications/services
- Proficiency in at least one modern language such as Python, C#, etc.
- Experience building APIs/services, working with databases, and shipping features via CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, debugging, testing, and code quality
- Experience supporting AI or ML-enabled applications
- Familiarity with LLM application patterns and evaluation concepts
KLA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about KLA and has not been reviewed or approved by KLA.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) plan with company matching and financial planning support. Student debt assistance and related financial benefits reinforce long-term savings and security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Ownership programs include an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and broad-based RSU participation that extend equity beyond a narrow group. These elements complement competitive pay and bonuses to strengthen total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs span paid time off, paid company holidays, and paid volunteer time. Family care and bonding leave and back-up care services add flexibility during life events.
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What We Do
KLA develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward.
