Senior Manager - Quantum Software Development Tools - 929

Entangled Future; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum in Cambridge, UK seeks a Senior Manager for Software Developer Tools to lead and shape a team delivering core quantum languages, compilers, and toolchains such as Selene, TKET, HUGR, and Guppy.

The role balances people management with driving technical roadmaps, ensuring robust, production-grade tooling while collaborating across global sites and hardware teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years in software engineering with at least 3 years in a formal technical leadership role.
• Strong background in compiler design, programming language development, or high-performance developer tooling.
• Proficiency in Python and Rust.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers and developers.
• Partner with software directors and senior architects to execute milestones for compilers, runtimes, languages, and tooling.
• Stay technically engaged through design discussions, reviews, and code problem-solving.
• Coordinate cross-discipline collaboration with hardware, theory, and product teams across global sites.
• Guide developer tooling from research prototypes into production-grade software.
• Occasional travel to international sites (US/UK).

Skills

People leadership

Roadmap delivery

Technical depth

Ecosystem collaboration

Python

Rust

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Selene

TKET

HUGR

Guppy

Job description

Senior Manager - Quantum Software Development Tools - 929 at Quantinuum, UK Cambridge. A senior-level full time position in the Quantum Computing Software team, listed under software engineering.

Quantinuum seeks a Senior Manager for Software Developer Tools in Cambridge, UK. This role leads engineering teams building core quantum languages, compilers, and toolkits (like Selene, TKET, HUGR, and Guppy). It requires balancing people management with technical roadmap execution.

Key Responsibilities

• People Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers and developers.
• Roadmap Delivery: Partner with software directors and senior architects to execute technical milestones for compilers, runtimes, languages, optimization tools, emulators and debuggers.
• Hands-on Technical Depth: Stay technically engaged via design discussions, architectural reviews, and code problem-solving.
• Ecosystem Integration: Coordinate cross-discipline collaboration with hardware, theory, and product teams across global sites.
• Lifecycle Management: Guide developer tooling from experimental research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise software.
• Travel Requirements: Occasional travel to international sites (US/UK)

Requirements

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