Quantum SSA Compiler Engineer for Hardware Co-Design

IC Resources; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources is seeking a Compiler Engineer for a quantum hardware company. You will build SSA-based compiler infrastructure across layers, design DSLs for quantum hardware, and work closely with hardware and physics teams to co-design the compiler stack around real quantum systems.

This is not scripting or tooling; you’ll contribute to language design, lowerings, optimisations, and integration of simulation tooling into the compiler and cloud stack.

Qualifications

• Experience with SSA-based compiler infrastructure.
• Ability to design language features for quantum hardware.
• Experience in LLVM/MLIR style backend compiler work.
• Strong knowledge of IR design, lowering, optimisation and code generation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain SSA-based compiler infrastructure across multiple abstraction layers
• Design and implement domain-specific languages tailored to quantum hardware
• Build and evolve compiler pipelines from low-level hardware instructions to high-level programming interfaces
• Integrate simulation tooling into the compiler and cloud stack
• Contribute to optimisation, scheduling, and hardware-aware compilation strategies
• Strong foundations in compiler construction and programming languages
• Experience building or extending SSA-based compiler infrastructure
• Comfortable working across IR design, lowering, optimisation, and code generation
• Experience in at least one compiled language (C++, Rust, OCaml, Julia, etc.)
• Deep understanding of Python semantics and interpreter behaviour

Skills

SSA compiler infra

DSL design

Compiler pipelines

Simulation tools

Compiler optimization

Compiler foundations

IR design

Lowering

Code generation

Compiled languages

Python semantics

Job description

IC Resources is seeking a Compiler Engineer for a quantum hardware company. You will build SSA-based compiler infrastructure across layers, design DSLs for quantum hardware, and work closely with hardware and physics teams to co-design the compiler stack around real quantum systems.

This is not scripting or tooling; you’ll contribute to language design, lowerings, optimisations, and integration of simulation tooling into the compiler and cloud stack.