KLA is looking for a highly skilled and seasoned Lead Software Developer to develop an infrastructure that orchestrates the SW and its deployment across various workloads in a cluster, manage multiple instances of the SW side by side. The ideal candidate shall possess a robust background in software engineering, brings in fresh ideas, enthusiastic to take any new problem, be versatile and passion for spearheading cutting-edge solutions. As a lead developer, you will guide the development team, mentor junior developers and contractors, ensure seamless execution of projects.

Responsibilities:

- Design, recommend and implement software solutions using the best suitable technologies from the suite of latest technologies.
- Lead design & code reviews with the team and provide actionable feedback that ensures best practices (e.g., adherence to requirements, testability, efficiency and style guidelines, etc.,)
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to define and refine project goals, requirements, and timelines.
- Design and develop SW to deploy various components of the software across various nodes and manages multiple side by side instances of the SW.
- Identify potential technical issues early and develop strategies to address them.
- Keep abreast of the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices.




- Contribute to existing documentation or knowledge base that expedites resolution time of queries from stakeholders like quality team, customer support, global service team, etc.
- Triage SW issues and track them and debug to identify the root causes of issues, resolve with fast turnaround time - Creating impact on overall system, and quality.
- Proactively identify and mitigate technical challenges and risks.
- Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback.

Required Skills:

- Strong object-oriented programming skills in C# or Java
- Extensive knowledge in Inter-Process Communication (IPC) techniques and tools viz: WCF, gRPC, REST, GraphQL protobuf, JSON, etc.
- Experience with container orchestration and management tools - Dockers, K8s, Helm Charts, etc.
- Experience in database management system, including:
- SQL Database: SQL Server, SQLite
- No SQL Databases: MongoDB
- Time Series Databases: Prometheous, InfluxDB
- Familiarity with observability tools and practices - Opentelemetry, Grafana, Elastic, Kibana, Logstash, etc.
- Proficiency in scripting languages like python, shell and ansible for automation solutions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced workplace.

Minimum Qualifications

- Masters Level Degree or work experience of 3 years, Bachelors Level Degree or work experience of 5 years

Skills: GRPC, C#, Java, Rest

Experience: 5.00-8.00 Years

📌 Software Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 KLA-Tencor
📍 Chennai