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Algorithm Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-25

Core

Build practical, reusable classical algorithms and scientific machine-learning methods to support OQC's quantum computing product portfolio, specifically targeting financial-services applications initially.

Role type

Senior individual contributor algorithm engineer (classical ML & optimization)

Builds

Reusable optimisation, sampling, surrogate, generative, and multi-fidelity methods integrated into wider applications

Domain

Quantum computing / Financial services

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

classical algorithms, scientific machine learning, optimisation, probabilistic modelling, simulation, generative methods, algorithm benchmarking, method selection

Preferred skills

commercial product deployment, enterprise platforms, regulated customer deployments, quantum computing, hybrid classical–quantum products

Technologies

classical algorithms, scientific machine learning, optimisation, sampling, surrogate methods, generative methods, multi-fidelity methods

Responsibilities

Select, adapt, and implement classical algorithms and scientific machine-learning methods; Develop reusable evaluation tools and meaningful comparisons; Create reusable evaluator libraries; Identify workloads suited to quantum intervention; Integrate algorithmic components into wider applications with quantum algorithm engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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