Software Engineer

Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. 

What We Offer

Location:

Singapore,SGP

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. 

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As a Software Engineer at Applied Materials, you’ll dive deep into ground-breaking technologies—like machine learning and AI—to craft novel software solutions that solve our customers’ high-value problems. Our Software Engineers are responsible for designing, prototyping, developing, and debugging software solutions for semiconductor equipment components and devices to ensure quality and functionality. You'll develop software documentation and test procedures, troubleshoot software problems, and communicate with internal customers to understand project requirements. As part of our team, you'll contribute your expertise in intricate systems, deciphering code, and anticipating software behaviors to ensure Applied remains the leader in the semiconductor and display sectors.

Role Summary

We are developing a manufacturing data and applications platform to support digitalization and automation across the organization. The role begins with building the foundational data layer—designing databases, pipelines, and system integrations—and progressively expands into developing business logic, backend services, and user‑facing applications on a modern manufacturing app platform. This position is well‑suited to an engineer who has demonstrable experience delivering production web applications to internal users, is comfortable working close to operations, and is eager to grow into a full‑stack role spanning data engineering, backend/API development, and front‑end application development.

Responsibilities

1) Data Foundations & Engineering

• Design and evolve a maintainable relational or structured data model suitable for hierarchical manufacturing data.

• Build and maintain data ingestion and transformation processes.

• Establish reliable technical integrations with manufacturing applications, including:

• Understanding source data structures and interfaces

• Implementing stable connectors for recurring data acquisition

• Handling schema or data format changes

• Setting up integrity checks, alerting, and automated recovery

2) Backend & Business Logic Development

• Develop backend services that implement core business logic for manufacturing business process flows.

• Collaborate with solution and application developers to translate requirements into actionable business logic design for prototyping.

• Build and maintain APIs or service endpoints used by downstream applications.

• Create reusable software components for consistent data access, validation, and transformation.

• Ensure backend components are secure, performant, and scalable.

• Ensure audit trail functionalities for data transformation events.

3) Front-End / Application Development

• Build user-facing applications on a modern manufacturing app platform software.

• Integrate applications with backend services, connectors, and data sources.

• Develop custom interface logic or extensions as needed.

• Collaborate with manufacturing users to refine UI/UX and workflow behavior.

4) Quality, Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Implement data quality checks such as referential integrity, anomaly detection, and completeness validation.

• Build resilience mechanisms into pipelines and services, including:

• Automated retries

• Fallback strategies

• Exception logging and diagnostics

• Monitor application and pipeline performance, availability, and data freshness.

• Produce QA summaries and reports for approval to Go Live.

5) Documentation & Engineering Practices

• Maintain technical documentation and diagrams for data flows, integrations, system logic, and API specifications.

• Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of engineering standards.

• Produce operational guides, runbooks, and troubleshooting procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Track record of building and maintaining in‑house, multi‑user, web‑based applications for internal stakeholders (e.g., portals, operational tools, or workflow apps).

• Strong programming fundamentals with hands‑on experience in at least one general‑purpose language (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or equivalent).

• Solid SQL skills and practical experience designing or maintaining relational databases.

• Experience developing APIs or backend services (authentication/authorization, data access patterns, performance).

• Hands‑on experience integrating with external systems, databases, or APIs in a production environment.

• Working knowledge of enterprise operational data concepts (e.g., data contracts, lineage, quality checks, scheduling, and monitoring)—even if not from an engineering/manufacturing domain.

• UI/UX fundamentals sufficient to build intuitive, task‑oriented user interfaces and to iterate quickly with users (layout, usability, accessibility considerations).

• Good engineering hygiene: testing, Git, CI/CD, and writing clean, modular, well‑documented code.

• Ability to break down ambiguous requirements and ship maintainable solutions in iterative increments.

Soft Skills & Working Style

• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a cross‑functional environment.

• Clear, succinct communication with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Organized, detail‑oriented, and committed to documentation and maintainability.

• Hands-on approach to concept ideation with short turnaround functional prototypes.

• Growth mindset—willing to learn new tools, platforms (including low‑code), and manufacturing domain concepts.

• Ability to manage time effectively and adapt to changing priorities.

Nice-to-Have (Plus)

• Exposure to manufacturing/engineering systems or data.

• Familiarity with front‑end frameworks or UI‑centric development.

• Experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI).

• Background in data governance or metadata management.

• Experience with workflow automation or low‑code platforms (e.g., Tulip, Power Apps, Mendix).

• Familiarity with cloud or containerization concepts.

Work Location

• Upper Changi

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

No

Relocation Eligible:

No

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.