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- Semiverse Solutions

Within Semiverse Solutions at Lam Research, we build innovative software products to solve semiconductor technology challenges. Our leading 3D modeling software is revolutionizing the way semiconductor chips are fabricated around the world. Enabled by our core intellectual property – an accelerated 3D voxel modeling and visualization engine – our software is highly successful and is quickly evolving as our business and customer base expand rapidly.

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.

• 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 No
  
  SQL systems.
• Contribute to CI/CD, automated testing frameworks, and operational tooling.

Master’s degree in Computer Science, related field with 10+ years of experience.

• 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.
• Hands‑on skills with RDBMS (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL) and No
  
  SQL databases (e.g., Redis, Mongo
  
  DB).
• Experience building event driven architectures using message queues, streaming platforms, or pub/sub systems.
• Proven experience designing and operating large‑scale, 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.
• Bachelor's Degree or master's in computer science (or related field of study).
• Experience in vibe coding.
• 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.
• Prior semiconductor experience is preferred.

Lam Research is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non‑discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.…