Software Engineer Sys 5

Lam Research • Fremont, CA

2d • $141,000 - $307,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Engineer at Lam, you will be at the forefront of innovation by designing, developing, troubleshooting, and debugging software programs. Your role is pivotal in developing software tools that support design, infrastructure, and technology platforms. Your expertise will determine hardware compatibility and influence design, ensuring seamless integration between software and hardware. In this role, you’ll make an impact across Lam’s entire product portfolio of equipment, working within our centralized software engineering team.

Requirements

• Master’s in computer science, computer engineering, electronics, or a related field with seven or more years of industry experience.
• Strong backend engineering foundation, including experience designing services, data models, and asynchronous processing systems.
• Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building prototypes or production applications that utilize generative AI.
• Experience with vector databases such as FAISS, Milvus, or Weaviate, and caching systems such as Redis or Memcache
• Hands-on experience with retrieval-augmented generation (indexing, chunking, embeddings, reranking) and context engineering focusing on reliability, cost, and latency optimization.
• Strong agent design skills, including prompt engineering, tool use, multi-step agent workflows such as ReAct, and failure handling.
• A passion for turning cutting-edge AI into practical, high-impact solutions.
• Ability to translate complex technical ideas into scalable architectures.

Nice To Haves

• Prior semiconductor equipment experience.
• Familiarity with human-in-the-loop workflows, fine-tuning, or LLM evaluation techniques.
• Understanding of reinforcement learning, including RLHF, RLAIF, offline and online RL, safety-aware reward design, and feedback loops.
• Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, or Ray.
• Proficiency with AI tracing and evaluation tools such as LangSmith to monitor hallucinations, latency, and token economics.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize AI prompts and next-generation applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Develop application and component strategies, overseeing both user experience and backend systems.
• Implement comprehensive GenAI observability pipelines to track trace-level data, prompt inputs and outputs, and model latency.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including business leaders, engineers, architects, and designers to align AI systems with business objectives.
• Support troubleshooting and issue resolution during testing phases as well as in production environments.
• Document technical architecture, methodologies, and innovations for effective knowledge transfer and ongoing advancement.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, provide expert guidance on enhancements and issue resolution, and ensure adherence to engineering standards.

Benefits

• At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees