Software Architect

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Benicia,CA:
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** Who We Are
** Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry.

The work we do together advances the world’s technology.  
** What We Offer
** Salary:$ - $

Location:

Benicia,CAYou’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more.

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits.

The Software Architect defines and drives the technical vision, architecture, and design of complex software products and platforms. The role provides technical leadership across development teams and ensures solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with product strategy and business objectives.  #

Key Responsibilities
· Define and own the end-to-end software architecture for assigned products, platforms, and major subsystems.
· Translate product, functional, and non-functional requirements into robust technical solution concepts and architectural designs.
· Lead architecture and design reviews, approve technical solutions, and establish software design principles, standards, and best practices.
· Protect the product design from erosion by identifying technical debt, refactoring needs, infrastructure limitations, and long-term scalability risks.
· Guide technology selection, system integration, API strategy, modularity, performance optimization, and modernization initiatives.
· Collaborate with product management, systems, algorithms, hardware, Dev Ops, quality, and field teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
· Provide hands-on technical guidance through design reviews, code reviews, proof-of-concepts, and resolution of complex technical blockers.
· Mentor technical leads and engineers, strengthen architectural thinking, and promote knowledge sharing across the engineering community.
· Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption based on technical value, risk, return on investment, and organizational alignment.
· Support delivery and operational readiness by ensuring software quality, reliability, debuggability, maintainability, security, and performance.  #

Required Qualifications
· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
· 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant responsibility for architecture and system design.
· Strong knowledge of software architecture patterns, object-oriented design, distributed systems, APIs, and modular application design.
· Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as C++, C#, Java, or Python.
· Experience with software development lifecycle practices, Agile delivery, CI/CD, Dev Ops, automated testing, and code-quality tools.
· Proven ability to analyze complex requirements, make sound technical decisions, and communicate trade-offs…