Scientific Software Engineer - Compiler

Location: Tsukuba, Japan

Department: Scientific Software and Compilation

Summary

QuEra Computing, Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of integrating high-level applications into state-of-the-art neutral-atom quantum computers. You will have the opportunity to work with a vibrant scientific software team and a community of industry and academic collaborators and to help our growing team of diverse experts address fascinating challenges, ranging from classical compiler techniques to direct integration with low-level hardware components. Using our open-source toolchain, Kirin, you will be building QuEra’s compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists from low-level hardware instructions to high-level programming languages. This involves the development of new features and infrastructure for hardware execution. You will be co-designing compilers and hardware infrastructure for the next generation of quantum computing using cutting-edge neutral-atom and quantum error correction technologies. This emerging direction involves multiple new challenges in both engineering and science.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain domain-specific languages (DSLs) involved in the compilation pipeline
• Support customers when usage questions and technical issues arise
• Support integration of our compiler pipeline at our location in Japan together with other team members
• Collaborate with scientists and our hardware control team to plan and develop hardware features required for executing QEC algorithms
• Collaborate with other members of the scientific software team to deliver new language and hardware features including new gates, atom shuttling instructions, and low-level pulse control features

Qualifications

• Masters in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience
• Enthusiastic about building tools used by non-software developers
• Fluent in Japanese and English for technical conversation between team and customers
• Experience with Python semantics, Python type hints, and the CPython interpreter
• Experience with modern C++ projects and tooling around those projects
• Experience with Static Single Assignment intermediate representations-based compiler
• Knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience
• knowledge in quantum physics and AMO physics
• Experience in programming language and compiler design
• knowledge in quantum error correction
• Contribution to existing open-source libraries

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.