Senior Manager, Quantum Dev Tooling & Ecosystem

Quantinuum

Cambridge

On-site

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Quantinuum in Cambridge, UK seeks a Senior Manager for Software Developer Tools to lead engineering teams building core quantum languages, compilers, and toolchains such as Selene, TKET, HUGR and Guppy. You will balance people leadership with technical roadmap execution, drive cross-functional collaboration, and guide tooling from research prototypes to production-grade software.

The role requires 7+ years in software engineering with leadership experience and a strong background in compiler

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related field.
  • Experience: 7+ years in software engineering with at least 3 years in formal technical leadership.
  • Technical background in compiler design, programming language development, or high-performance tooling.
  • Languages: Proficiency in modern languages such as Python and Rust.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team.
  • Partner with software directors and senior architects to drive technical milestones for compilers, runtimes, languages, and tooling.
  • Stay hands-on through design discussions, architecture reviews, and problem-solving.
  • Coordinate cross-discipline collaboration with hardware, theory, and product teams.
  • Guide developer tooling from research prototypes to production-grade software.
  • Occasional travel to international sites (US/UK).

Skills

Python
Rust
People leadership
Roadmap delivery
Compiler design
High-performance tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics

Tools

Selene
TKET
HUGR
Guppy

Job description

Quantinuum in Cambridge, UK seeks a Senior Manager for Software Developer Tools to lead engineering teams building core quantum languages, compilers, and toolchains such as Selene, TKET, HUGR and Guppy. You will balance people leadership with technical roadmap execution, drive cross-functional collaboration, and guide tooling from research prototypes to production-grade software.

The role requires 7+ years in software engineering with leadership experience and a strong background in compiler

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