Software Engineer, Back-end

at  QCTRL

ABOUT US

We hold the key to making quantum technology useful and operate at the highest levels of the emerging quantum sector. Our products are already revolutionizing the way quantum technology is used; From educating the workforce on how quantum computing works with Black Opal, to the industry-first native integration of our performance-management software with IBM Quantum services in November 2023, we are building the global quantum sector and defining the quantum infrastructure software segment. But our work isn’t limited to quantum computing; we go everywhere that quantum goes. In July 2023 our work with Australian Defence delivering software-ruggedized quantum sensing for navigation without GPS was featured in the New York Times.
We base these world-leading commercial outcomes on a foundation of transformational research. We operate the industry’s largest team of experts in quantum control, and push the limits of human capability through our software, hardware, and technical publications in the world’s most prestigious scientific journals.
As a high-growth global quantum startup we’ve raised US $74M since 2017 from investors such as Airbus Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sierra Ventures, SquarePeg Capital, and others; this includes the world’s largest Series B for any quantum software company, announced in early 2023. Adding to the completion of our new global HQ in Sydney (Australia’s first fully dedicated, commercial quantum technology site), Los Angeles, and Berlin offices, we’ve also recently announced our expansion into the UK to continue to impact the development of quantum technology globally.
We’re led by our values: to be real, to be trusted, to be just, and to be revered. We’ve brought together an inspiring team of world-leading physicists, engineers, product and design specialists (to name a few!) to help us shape the future of quantum technology. And we’re looking for new team members who want to help us change the world.

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

• Experience with Python Web Frameworks such as Django, Flask or FastAPI
• Previous experience with Microservices
• Knowledge on OIDC and OAuth2
• Knowledge of distributed systems
• Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment
• Experience delivering software at scale

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Back-end Software Engineer in the Platform Access team you will be responsible for managing how users and partners can access the Q-CTRL products and how our own services interact with our platform. This role plays a key part in the evolution of our ever growing customer base and partner integrations. As a main contributor to our code base, this role requires strong coding skills, team collaboration and attention to detail.
The Platform Access team is part of the broader Q-CTRL Platform team and collaborates frequently with all teams on Q-CTRL Engineering.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Developing, testing and documenting Q-CTRL’s API’s (Will will be using Python and Django most of the time)
• Maintaining the microservices and client packages that support our product features
• Work closely across all teams to fully understand requirements for new product features, in particular as defined by the Product team and expressed as scenarios using Gherkin Syntax (Given, When, Then)
• Review and address code and comments submitted by the team via pull requests
• Stay up-to-date with current best-practices in your field with a willingness to share knowledge freely