Quantum Software Engineer (m/f/d)

MindMatch; Göttingen; Vor Ort; EUR 58.000 - 73.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working hours

Partial mobile working

Public sector social benefits

Zusammenfassung

GWDG in Göttingen seeks a Quantum Software Engineer (m/f/d) for a full-time role in the QC team focused on anomaly detection and HPC integration. You will build a scalable QC platform, implement modular infrastructure, and ensure secure data handling in a mixed academic-industrial setting.

The successful candidate will contribute to the QUICS project and interact with colleagues across computer science, physics, and data protection domains.

Qualifikationen

• PhD and/or Master in Computer Science, Physics, or related field with industry or research experience.
• Proven coding experience without AI assistance: scopes, functions, variables, classes, arrays, etc.
• Experience in software architecture and quality management for containerized systems.
• Experience handling heterogeneous APIs and integrating HPC scheduler systems (e.g., SLURM).
• Knowledge of QC job characteristics, resource requirements, and familiarity with compiler/transpiler pipelines.
• Knowledge of encryption and data protection standards.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Fluent English (spoken and written) and German B2 or higher.

Aufgaben

• Implement a modular, scalable infrastructure.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Handle heterogeneous APIs and integrate HPC scheduler systems (e.g., SLURM).
• Adhere to data protection and security standards (DSGVO-compliant encryption).
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary HPC experts in the GCW team on QC ecosystem development.

Kenntnisse

Quantum computing

C/C++ programming

Software architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Security & encryption

Ausbildung

PhD or Master in CS/Physics

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Django

SLURM

CI/CD tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Quantum Software Engineer (m/f/d) in Vollzeit gesucht für den Einsatzort Göttingen Göttingen

Job posting no. 20260819 The GWDG is seeking a Quantum Software Engineer (m/f/d) to join an interdisciplinary team of HPC experts in the working group “Computing” (AG C), full-time (39 hours per week), remunerated in accordance with TVöD E 13. The position is tied to the GWDG QC project’s runtime running till October 2029.

The successful candidate is expected to contribute in developing GWDG’s QC ecosystem (see responsibilities listed below). The GWDG handles sensitive data, and in such cases, it is important that the code is human-verified for any security concerns. The applicant must demonstrate the ability to do such a verification without AI assistance in the interview.

The Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) is the university computing center for the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and a computing and IT competence center for the Max Planck Society. The provision of high-performance HPC systems has been one of its tasks for over 40 years. In 2020, the University of Göttingen / GWDG was accepted as one of eight computing centers (NHR-Nord@Göttingen) in the National High-Performance Computing (NHR) network. The GWDG also operates the national AI service center KISSKI and is a partner in the EU AI Factory HammerHAI. Furthermore, the GWDG operates HPC resources for the German Aerospace Center (DLR). As a national supercomputing center, the GWDG provides technical support to researchers and students from various scientific domains, including digital humanities, life science, earth system science, and engineering. We also participate in both national and international research projects. In the field of quantum computing, the GWDG also runs the QUICS project, providing SMEs with access to quantum computing resources. We are looking for highly motivated candidates to join the QC team at the GWDG focused on anomaly detection for industry applications. The goal is to build a platform for such use cases based on existing stacks, giving companies a tool for quantum anomaly detection.

Responsibilities

• Implement a modular, scalable infrastructure
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Handle heterogeneous APIs
• Integrate HPC scheduler systems (e.g., SLURM)
• Adhere to data protection and security standards (DSGVO-compliant encryption)

Requirements

• PhD and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, or a related field, combined with demonstrable industry or research experience
• Proven coding experience (without AI assistance): scope, functions, variables, classes, array methods, etc.
• Experience in software architecture and quality management for containerized systems
• Experience handling heterogeneous APIs and integrating HPC scheduler systems (e.g., SLURM)
• Knowledge in QC (quantum computing) job characteristics and resource requirements, and familiarity with compiler/transpiler pipelines
• Knowledge of encryption and data protection standards
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Fluent English (spoken and written)
• German B2 or higher

Desirable

• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and building CI/CD pipelines
• Experience integrating heterogeneous third-party APIs into a unified platform
• Experience with platform development, especially using Django
• Familiarity with HPC scheduler systems (e.g., SLURM) in a web-facing application context
• Experience with Slurm-native middleware or API-gateway architectures (e.g., similar to GWDG’s SAIA)
• Knowledge of DSGVO/GDPR-compliant data handling and encryption in production systems

Our Offer

• Flexible working hours and opportunity for partial mobile working
• A modern, diverse work environment at the intersection between academia and industry
• An interesting, versatile job in a large, internationally operating IT competence center
• Qualification and further development of your skills
• Social benefits of the public sector

The GWDG strives for gender equity and diversity and therefore welcomes applications from any background. The GWDG strives to employ more severely disabled people. Applications from severely disabled persons are expressly encouraged. If you have any questions about the advertised position, please contact Dr. Jan Cillié Louw (e-mail: [e-mail]).