Senior Compiler Engineer - Systems Team

Entangled Future; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverlane in Cambridge, UK is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to join the Systems Team on a full-time basis. The role blends software and hardware expertise to optimize the DeltaFlow hardware interfacing with quantum control systems.

You will work on low-latency, high-throughput software, adapting our stack to evolving quantum experiments and supporting customers from pre-sales through deployment. This is a senior, hands-on position offering opportunities to influence architecture, tooling,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Broad knowledge of the software and hardware stack: compilers, operating systems, computer architectures.
• Experience in compilers (LLVM MLIR or others).
• Experience of shipping software to users.
• Proficiency in Python; proficiency in C++ or Rust.
• Ability to convert product requirements into technical specifications to document and share your work.

Responsibilities

• Technical pre-Sales support.
• Host Technical Workshops on Riverlane’s QEC Interface.
• Evaluate Customers Control System and Data Communication requirements.
• Integration On-Site: End-to-End System Deployment.
• Write Python or C++ to adapt to customer’s control systems and ensure data packets are received correctly.
• Work with Riverlane’s Quantum Application Team to design experiments to test the system.
• Benchmark and discover hardware latency limitations.
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Managing Customer Issues.
• Report issues and help replicate the setup with the QA team in Riverlane.
• Writing script to debug and trace faults

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

Compilers

LLVM/MLIR

Software delivery

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Job description

Senior Compiler Engineer - Systems Team at Riverlane, Cambridge, UK. A senior-level full time position in the Engineering team, listed under research.

The salary range for this role is broad, as we are able to consider varying levels of experience. Any offer made will carefully take into account level of experience (including relevant industry experience), transferable relevant skills and previous relevant achievements.

We will also consider part-time applications for this role. Please indicate your preferred working schedule in your cover letter.

About the role

Systems Engineering bridges the gap between Riverlane and its customers. They act as the primary technical interface for our customers’ engineers to guide them through product integration and help with troubleshooting complex quantum systems. They are key to securing design wins and driving product development.

As a Compiler Engineer, you will configure the software libraries and low-level code to run our custom DeltaFlow Hardware which connects to our customers Quantum Control Systems. You will work on creating predictable and stable low-latency, high throughput systems. You will use your knowledge and expertise to adapt our software to an ever-changing quantum control system to support scientists that are running quantum experiments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Riverlane’s team, that is developing the world’s most advanced quantum error correcting algorithms. The Riverlane team is a mix of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, working together on a range of exciting and cutting-edge projects.

What we need

• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline
• Broad knowledge of the whole software and hardware stack: compilers, operating systems, computer architectures
• Experience in compilers (LLVM MLIR or others)
• Experience of shipping software to users
• Proficiency in Python; proficiency in C++ or Rust
• Ability to convert product requirements into technical specifications to document and share your work

Responsibilities

• Technical pre-Sales:
• Host Technical Workshops on Riverlane’s QEC Interface
• Evaluate Customers Control System and Data Communication requirements.
• Integration On-Site: End-to-End System Deployment.
• Writing Python or C++ to adapt to customer’s control systems and ensure data packets are received correctly.
• Work with Riverlane’s Quantum Application Team to design experiments to test the system.
• Benchmark and discover hardware latency limitations.
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Managing Customer Issues
• Report issues and help replicate the setup with the QA team in Riverlane.
• Writing script to debug and trace faults