Scientific Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain domain-specific language (DSL) for pulse-level programs and its associated compilation stack
• Support integration of pulse compilation into multiple quantum computer builds
• Collaborate with Quantum Error Correction (QEC) scientists and hardware control team to plan and develop hardware features required for executing QEC algorithms
• Collaborate with other members of the scientific software team to integrate gate-level and atom-move compilation
• Maintain and update the internal execution software pipeline for the Gemini class machine deployed in AIST (ABCIQ)

Requirements

• Masters in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation, architecture, programming language, or compiler
• Experience with Python semantics, Python type hints, and CPython interpreter
• Experience with modern C++ projects and tooling
• Experience with Static Single Assignment (SSA) intermediate representations-based compilers
• Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle (version control, CI/CD, testing, etc.)
• Business-level proficiency in Japanese and English

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation, architecture, programming language, or compiler
• Experience with FPGA programming
• Knowledge in quantum physics and AMO physics
• Experience in programming language design and theory
• Knowledge in quantum error correction
• Contributions to existing open-source libraries

About the Company

QuEra Computing, Inc. builds state-of-the-art neutral-atom quantum computers and is developing the software toolchain to integrate high-level applications with quantum hardware.