Scientific Software Engineer - Compiler

QuEra Computing Inc.; Harwell; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

QuEra Computing, Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to tackle the software challenges of building state-of-the-art simulation tools and compilers for neutral-atom quantum computers.

You will work with a vibrant team and collaborators on compiler infrastructure and programming language design, co-designing with cutting-edge hardware and error correction tech, within an expanding research environment.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience.
• Enthusiastic in building software tools for scientists, especially physicists.
• Experience with Python semantics, Python type hints, CPython interpreter.
• Experience with at least one compiled language and its type system (C++, Julia, Rust, Haskell, OCaml).
• Experience with SSA-based compiler development.
• Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation.
• Knowledge of quantum computing basics, e.g., common quantum algorithms, quantum information theory basics.

Responsibilities

• Development and maintain QuEra’s SSA-based compiler infrastructure and components at various abstractions.
• Design novel domain-specific languages and Bloqade SDK with the team.
• Integrate existing simulation tools with the compiler pipeline and cloud service.
• Communicate and collaborate with QuEra scientists and external customers to meet use case requirements.

Skills

Python

CPython

C++

Julia

Rust

Haskell

OCaml

SSA

Compiler dev

Quantum basics

Language design

Git

CI/CD

Debugging

Profiling

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Tools

LLVM

MLIR

Job description

Summary QuEra Computing, Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of developing state-of-the-art simulation tools and compilers for QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computers. You will have the opportunity to work with a vibrant scientific software team and a community of industry and academic collaborators and to help our growing team of diverse experts address fascinating challenges, ranging from classical compiler techniques to modern methods for quantum simulation. You will be building QuEra’s compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists from low-level hardware instructions to high-level programming languages using our internal toolchain. This involves development of new compiler infrastructure and new programming language design and implementation. You will be co-designing compilers with cutting edge neutral-atom hardware and quantum error correction technology. This new direction involves multiple new challenges in both engineering and science.

Summary QuEra Computing, Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of developing state-of-the-art simulation tools and compilers for QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computers. You will have the opportunity to work with a vibrant scientific software team and a community of industry and academic collaborators and to help our growing team of diverse experts address fascinating challenges, ranging from classical compiler techniques to modern methods for quantum simulation. You will be building QuEra’s compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists from low-level hardware instructions to high-level programming languages using our internal toolchain. This involves development of new compiler infrastructure and new programming language design and implementation. You will be co-designing compilers with cutting edge neutral-atom hardware and quantum error correction technology. This new direction involves multiple new challenges in both engineering and science.

Responsibilities

• Development and maintain QuEra’s Static Single Assignment intermediate representations-based compiler infrastructure and compiler components at various abstractions used by our hardware engineers and scientists.
• Design novel domain specific languages specific to our hardware as well as Bloqade SDK together with the team.
• Integrate existing simulation tools with the compiler pipeline and cloud service.
• Communicate and collaborate with QuEra scientists and external customers to meet their use case requirements.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience.
• Enthusiastic in building software tools for scientists especially physicists.
• Experience with Python semantics, Python type hints, CPython interpreter.
• Experience with at least one of the compiled languages and experienced with their type system, e.g C++, Julia, Rust, Haskell, OCamel, etc.
• Experience with Static Single Assignment intermediate representations-based compiler development.
• Knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation.
• Knowledge of quantum computing basics, e.g., common quantum algorithms, quantum information theory basics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with using LLVM or MLIR for compiler development, or experience with an existing compiler development
• Programming language design, especially programming language theory
• Quantum program optimization, e.g quantum circuit simplification, scheduling, routing, etc.
• Quantum error correction
• Contribution to existing open-source libraries
• Experience with existing circuit simulation tools, e.g, cirq, qiskit, CUDA Quantum, etc.

The approximate base salary range for this position is $102,400 - $166,400.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our recruitment and selection processes.

All applicants are considered on the basis of their skills, experience, qualifications and suitability for the role. We do not tolerate discrimination on any grounds, including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments where needed to ensure that disabled applicants and employees are not disadvantaged during the recruitment process.