CareerPlan

Software Engineer, System Orchestration

Oxford, England, UKFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10
HybridU.S. persons only (export control)

Core

Build the control plane software that schedules, prioritizes, and arbitrates workloads across a fleet of quantum computers, ensuring systems remain calibrated and productive.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (system orchestration)

Builds

The control plane service that schedules work, manages calibration routines, and persists execution history for the quantum computer fleet.

Domain

Quantum computing systems / High-performance computing

Required skills

Rust, PostgreSQL, gRPC/REST APIs, job schedulers (Celery/Airflow/Temporal/Slurm), Linux systems programming, data persistence, observability, unit/integration testing

Preferred skills

Async programming, Kubernetes, closed-loop control systems, scientific computing

Technologies

Rust, PostgreSQL, gRPC, REST, Celery, Airflow, Temporal, Slurm, Linux, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Build and extend services that schedule work and maintain execution records; Implement mechanisms to detect and trigger system re-tuning/calibration; Own the data model, migrations, and code for data persistence; Develop tests and harnesses for real hardware and simulators; Collaborate on fleet-wide release rollouts; Improve code observability and API usability.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC