Senior Software Engineer – Platform, DevOps & Developer Experience

KLA•Milpitas, CA

55d

About The Position

KLA Services is looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to take a lead role in advancing our container-based developer platform for improved reliability, flexibility and ease of use. This position is ideal for an experienced software engineer with a passion for developer experience (DevEx), automation, and cloud-native technologies. You will have an outstanding opportunity to shape the foundation for how our software engineering and quality assurance teams deliver our suite of FleetPack applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of experience in DevOps engineering, platform engineering, or SRE roles successfully working with container-based platforms and self-service infrastructure solutions

Nice To Haves

Skilled in Linux and container platform (Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift) administration.
Experience with virtualization technologies (KVM/QEMU, Hyper-V), virtual networking, storage provisioning and performance.
Strong proficiency in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container-based hybrid/on-premises architectures including deployment, scaling and self-healing operations.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Tekton) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, etc.).
Proficient in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar.
Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana) and incident response processes.
Familiarity with modern software development practices such as microservices, serverless, and event-driven architecture including multithreaded and multicore techniques.
Strong understanding of data processing and storage technology such as SQL and NoSQL.
Knowledgeable of and able to influence server, networking, and other hardware components.
Ability to work effectively across teams and mentor junior engineers.
Ability to innovate, inspire change, and influence engineering culture.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement solutions to optimize developer inner and outer loops, including workflow automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
Continuously evaluate and integrate open source and commercial tools to improve developer experience and operational efficiency including how to best leverage Artificial Intelligence.
Champion process improvements to increase developer intensity.
Mentor other engineers on containers, DevOps methodologies, and infrastructure automation.
Resolve complex issues related to platform reliability, performance, and security, both proactively and reactively in engineering and field implementations.
Work with platform team members, software engineers, SREs, product managers, and security to translate business needs into technical solutions that evolve the platform capabilities.
Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving practices in cloud-native computing, DevOps, and techniques to continuously improve DevEx.