Senior Quantum Software Engineer

Job summary

This role involves developing software infrastructure for scalable qubit bring-up routines in a quantum computing environment. The position requires collaboration with measurement teams to implement calibration and tuning routines, ensuring robust and efficient execution in both lab and quantum machine contexts.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, along with relevant software industry experience.
• Experience in implementing highly concurrent systems and managing resource-aware concurrency using technologies like Python asyncio or equivalent.
• Proven skills in Python software engineering, including familiarity with the scientific Python stack (e.g., NumPy, SciPy).
• Experience in designing data pipelines for workflow orchestration, ensuring data quality and traceability.
• Collaborative experience in software development, including participation in design discussions and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Measurement team to develop software for scalable qubit bring-up routines.
• Create Python software for controlling and coordinating complex calibration and tuning routines.
• Translate user stories into software requirements and propose architectural designs.
• Build infrastructural software components to support rapid development of new routines.
• Ensure high-quality measurement data with consistent metadata and reproducible analysis pipelines.
• Contribute to software engineering best practices, including code reviews and testing.
• Troubleshoot issues across software boundaries and make trade-offs between rapid development and long-term robustness.

Skills

• Strong Python programming skills, particularly in writing maintainable and testable code.
• Experience with debugging complex systems and addressing concurrency issues.
• Familiarity with scientific computing libraries and data modeling approaches.

Education

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.

Tools

• Python, scientific Python libraries (NumPy, SciPy), and software development tools for CI/CD and testing.