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Software Engineer

KLA

2 - 5 years

Chennai

Posted: 27/09/2025

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Job Description

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

Enabling the movement toward advanced chip design, KLA's Measurement, Analytics and Control group (MACH) is looking for the best and brightest research scientists, software engineers, application development engineers and senior product technology process engineers to join our team. The MACH team's mission is to collaborate with our customers to innovate technologies and solutions that detect and control highly complex process variations—at their source—rather than compensate for them at later stages of the manufacturing process. With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Our MACH team develops leading-edge solutions for patterning process analytics and control technologies, thereby providing customers with critical insight at the feature level, field level and cross-wafer analysis. Our teams also develop advanced modeling simulation, data analytics and process control modeling technologies. As a member of the MACH team, you’ll be joining the most sophisticated and successful process-control company in the semiconductor industry--working across functions to solve the most complex technical problems in the digital age.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated C++ Microservices Developer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in C++ development and a solid understanding of microservices architecture. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and high-performance microservices that power our core applications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain microservices using C++.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
  • Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
  • Write clean, scalable, and efficient code following best practices.
  • Implement and maintain APIs for communication between services.
  • Optimize existing services for performance and scalability.
  • Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
  • Troubleshoot and debug production issues.
  • Maintain documentation for architecture, design, and implementation.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 1+ years of experience in C++ development.
  • Strong understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.
  • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Knowledge of multithreading, memory management, and performance tuning in C++.
  • Experience with message brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) is a plus.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with gRPC or other RPC frameworks.
  • Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related) with at least 1+ years of hands-on development experience in C++ microservices environment

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

Be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as KLA employees.  KLA never asks for any financial compensation to be considered for an interview, to become an employee, or for equipment. Further, KLA does not work with any recruiters or third parties who charge such fees either directly or on behalf of KLA. Please ensure that you have searched KLA’s Careers website for legitimate job postings.  KLA follows a recruiting process that involves multiple interviews in person or on video conferencing with our hiring managers.  If you are concerned that a communication, an interview, an offer of employment, or that an employee is not legitimate, please send an email to talent.acquisition@kla.com to confirm the person you are communicating with is an employee. We take your privacy very seriously and confidentially handle your information.

About Company

KLA is a global leader in semiconductor process control and yield management solutions. The company designs technologies that enable chip manufacturers to detect defects and improve efficiency, playing a key role in the semiconductor and electronics industries.

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