Scientific Software Engineer - Error Correction

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain eDSLs for quantum error correction programs, its associated compilation stack, and decoding runtime.
• Collaborate with Quantum Error Correction (QEC) scientists to develop new error correction codes, decoding algorithms, and resource estimates for proposed experiments.
• Collaborate with 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 with our QEC experiments.

Requirements

• Masters in Computer Science with focus on one or many of quantum computation, quantum architecture, quantum programming language & compilation or quantum physics, or equivalent professional experience.
• Enthusiastic about building tools used by non-software developers.
• Proficient with Python, especially Python type hints and design patterns.
• Experience in high performance computing (HPC) and performance optimization.
• Record of publication in quantum error correction or relevant fields.
• Knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation.

Nice to Have

• Ph.D. in Physics or Computer Science with focus on one or many of quantum computation, quantum information, quantum algorithms or computational condensed matter theory, or equivalent professional experience.
• Deep knowledge of quantum algorithms, AMO physics, and programming languages.
• Proven capability of serious software engineering, such as open-source packages and contribution.
• Experienced with compiled languages such as C++, Rust, Julia as well as program optimization in these languages.