Senior Software Engineer, Quantum Control (Scale Up)

at  QCTRL

ABOUT US

Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum control infrastructure software. As a product-led company, we bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering and research to help achieve our mission of making quantum technology useful. We believe that working in deep tech domains like quantum provides an opportunity to upskill whilst applying existing knowledge and practices to new markets.

IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF YOU HAVE THESE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE BUT NOT ESSENTIAL:

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• Experience with quantum hardware control systems.

• Strong understanding of quantum physics and quantum computing principles.
• Experience with Python Web Frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Experience with infrastructure tools (Kubernetes, Terraform/CloudFormation, Prometheus, Grafana).
• API design using gRPC or similar frameworks (GraphQL, RESTful).
• A track record building distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Previous experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Quantum Control to help advance our software-enabled, quantum design and control products. Reporting to the engineering manager, the role will bridge the gap between our Research and Engineering teams. It will provide software design expertise to our exceptional quantum researchers, developing solutions across an ever expanding number of business cases at the forefront of the quantum industry.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

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• Pairing with quantum physics researchers and experimentalists, you will utilize exceptional software design skills in both client and back-end development to efficiently support their software needs, allowing them to focus on innovation.

• When not pairing with researchers, you will be implementing product features that promote architecture reuse across business use cases.
• You will troubleshoot and address software issues independently to maintain high responsiveness to customer needs.
• Key contributions to designing, developing, and optimising scalable back-end architectures, realised by a number of services and APIs.
• Collaborate with experts from other functions (product, design, infrastructure) to deliver integrated, end-to-end solutions.
• Continuously maintain and ideally raise the bar on code quality, security, and operational efficiency.
• Consistently demonstrate your passion for quantum computing and innovation, willing and able to quickly learn and immerse yourself if you joined without a physics or quantum background.