Software Engineer Apps 5

Lam Research • Fremont, CA

13h

About The Position

As a Software Application Engineer at Lam, you’ll be at the forefront of driving innovation and adoption of our software products. You’ll support fast product evolution through agile processes by analyzing, designing, programming, testing, debugging, and enhancing software applications. With your expertise and initiative, you’ll turn ideas into great products that support advancements in Lam’s semiconductor technology.
In this role, you will have a significant impact on the innovation and efficiency of Lam's products and services. By developing enterprise grade software applications, you will enable data-driven decision making, optimize workflows, enhance user experience, and improve quality and performance of Lam's hardware and processes.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science,related field with 10+ years of experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or master's in computer science (or related field of study)
• Familiarity with software product development methodologies.
• Effective organizational skills to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, adjust to shifting priorities, and meet business needs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to coordinate and communicate with diverse, cross-functional, and matrixed internal and external partners.

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or staff level role.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud computing platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS or Google Cloud)
• Strong expertise in Python for distributed systems and backend services with product development experience.
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud native architectures.
• Handson skills with RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Redis, MongoDB).
• Experience building event driven architectures using message queues, streaming platforms, or pub/sub systems.
• Proven experience designing and operating largescale, production grade distributed systems.
• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail.
• Excellent system design, API design, and architectural documentation skills.
• Strong communication and mentorship abilities; capable of influencing engineering teams at scale.
• Experience in vibe coding.
• Prior semiconductor experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product management and engineering leadership to define long-term platform strategy.
• Design and build scalable, fault tolerant microservices using Python and modern cloud patterns.
• Architect systems using Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Implement event-driven and asynchronous processing pipelines using messaging, pub/sub, and streaming technologies.
• Build and optimize service APIs, simulation orchestration layers, workflow engines, and data pipelines.
• Design data models and storage strategies using RDBMS and NoSQL systems
• Contribute to CI/CD, automated testing frameworks, and operational tooling.

Benefits

• At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level