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Senior Engineer - Quantum Error Correction Libraries

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-08-24 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Developing, scaling, and optimizing software to accelerate and scale quantum computing and quantum system simulations, specifically focusing on quantum error correction (QEC) workloads.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (quantum computing)

Builds

High-performance simulation libraries and software primitives for QEC

Domain

Quantum computing / High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Modern C++, Python, QEC algorithms, stabilizer formalism, noise models, GPU programming, CUDA, distributed computing (NCCL, MPI, NVSHMEM)

Preferred skills

Near-Clifford simulation, QEC code varieties (surface, subsystem, color codes), QEC decoders, agentic/AI-supported development tools

Technologies

CUDA, cuQuantum SDK, Stim, Qiskit Aer, PennyLane, Cirq, NCCL, MPI, NVSHMEM

Responsibilities

Develop innovative algorithms to accelerate simulation of QEC workloads at scale; Research, develop and optimize GPU-accelerated algorithms across multiple hardware generations; Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other specialists

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC