Software Engineering Manager – Remote Services

About the position

KLA Services is seeking a hands-on, AI-first Engineering Manager to lead the team building remote service software products for our field engineers who support and maintain KLA tools in the semiconductor fabrication plant, or \"fab\". This is a player-coach role: you will grow and lead a high-performing full-stack team while staying in the codebase yourself, setting the standard for how AI coding assistants and agentic workflows are used to design, build, and ship software. You will own the delivery, quality, and security of the remote service platform, ensuring our products remain robust, secure, and user-friendly and enabling seamless connectivity for our global workforce.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of full-stack software engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, and career development, while remaining an active technical contributor to the team's work.
  • Set technical direction for front-end applications, back-end services, APIs, and microservices, and stay hands-on through design reviews, code reviews, prototypes, and direct contributions to critical or ambiguous parts of the stack.
  • Partner with marketing, product management, IT infrastructure, security, and support to align engineering execution with business priorities.
  • Own roadmap development, backlog refinement, and release planning for the remote services portfolio.
  • Manage team capacity, sprint commitments, and dependencies so that milestones are delivered predictably.
  • Establish and uphold engineering standards for automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and production readiness.
  • Drive incident response and root-cause resolution for production issues across the full technology stack.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards, and maintain the integrity and security of remote access systems.
  • Lead an AI-first engineering practice: use coding assistants such as Claude Code and Devin in your own daily work, and define the standards, guardrails, and review practices that make AI-accelerated delivery safe, secure, and effective across the team.
  • Personally evaluate emerging AI engineering tools, agentic workflows, and remote access technologies, run pilots with the team, and decide where to invest based on measured results.
  • Manage stakeholder communication, including status reporting, risk escalation, and budget or vendor discussions as needed.
  • Stay hands-on by writing and reviewing code, building prototypes, and pairing with engineers on complex problems, dedicating a meaningful share of your time to technical work.
  • Model AI-first engineering behavior day to day, sharing working patterns, measuring their impact on cycle time and quality, and coaching engineers to adopt what works.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in related field or equivalent combination of any relevant education and experience.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience with proven track record to lead including 4+ years of management experience.
  • 8+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, with recent hands-on coding experience.
  • 3+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams while remaining technically hands-on.

Nice-to-haves

  • Proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining engineering talent in a hands-on, high-ownership team culture.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and work effectively with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Skilled at distilling ambiguous business problems into requirements, designs, and executable plans.
  • Experience delivering cloud native applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with modern web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, and React.
  • Understanding of remote access protocols, VPNs, and security best practices.
  • Experience leading teams that practice Agile, Clean Code, and XP software development methods.
  • Demonstrated success using artificial intelligence to accelerate software engineering delivery, both individually and by raising the capability of an entire team.
  • Experience defining engineering standards for AI-assisted development, including prompt and context practices, code review of AI-generated changes, and security review.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life
  • 401(K) including company matching
  • employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
  • student debt assistance
  • tuition reimbursement program
  • development and career growth opportunities and programs
  • financial planning benefits
  • wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)
  • paid time off
  • paid company holidays
  • family care and bonding leave
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Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...

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