Full-Stack Software Engineer

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

The KLA Services team consists of Service Sales, Marketing, Spares Supply Chain Management, Field Operations, Engineering, Product Training, Digital Solutions and Analytics, and Technical Product Support. Our services organization maximizes the value of our customers' KLA assets – with highly trained service and product support engineers providing installation services and 24/7 technical support and parts delivery through our extensive supply chain network.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Lead and evolve global electrical engineering standards, specifications, and design guidelines across a diverse facilities portfolio.

Review electrical designs for capital projects, infrastructure upgrades, and critical facility improvements to support consistency, quality, and compliance.

 Guide technical strategy for power distribution, UPS, generators, transfer systems, and other critical power infrastructure.

Partner with cross-functional teams to improve resiliency, operational readiness, and long-term facility performance.

Support renewable energy and electrification initiatives, including solar, battery storage, EV charging, and utility coordination where relevant.

Translate technical requirements into clear standards, design guidance, and executive-ready summaries.

Preferred Qualifications

KLA Services is seeking a highly skilled and motivated AI-first full-stack Software Engineer to build remote service software products for our field engineers to support and maintain KLA tools in the semiconductor fabrication plant or "fab”. This role is crucial in ensuring our remote service software products are robust, secure, and user-friendly, enabling seamless connectivity for our global workforce.

This position is in Ann Arbor, MI and not a remote position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with marketing, product managers, IT infrastructure, security, and support.

• Participate in roadmap development and backlog refinement.

• Build scalable front-end applications using modern frameworks.

• Develop back-end services, APIs, and microservices.

• Create responsive, secure, and high-performing user experiences.

• Develop automated testing strategies and implement CI/CD pipelines for deployments.

• Troubleshoot production issues across the full technology stack.

• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

• Maintain the integrity and security of remote access systems.

• Leverage coding assistants such as Claude Code and Devin to accelerate delivery.

• Continuously evaluate emerging AI engineering tools and practices.

• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies in remote access solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Problem solver with ability to distill requirements and design solutions for business problems.

• Motivated to learn new skills independently and do experiments

• Experience developing cloud native applications using Docker, Kubernetes.

• Experience developing UI using web technologies HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, React, etc.

• Understanding of remote access protocols, VPNs, and security best practices

• Experience with Agile, Clean Code and XP software development practices

• Experience using artificial intelligence to accelerate software engineering delivery

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree; or 3 years experience with a Master's degree; or equivalent experience

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Total Rewards

Base Pay Range: $105,900.00 - $155,300.00 Annually
Primary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

Equal Opportunity Statement

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at talent.acquisition@kla.com or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.

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