AI Developer Experience Lead

Atomcomputing; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

401K matching

Disability insurance

FSA

Dependent care benefits

Life insurance

Snacks and team lunches

Job summary

Atom Computing is seeking a Principal AI Developer Experience Engineer to elevate how physicists and engineers use AI. You will set best practices for AI-assisted engineering and build shared tooling enabling rapid adoption of AI workflows across teams.

Based on-site in Boulder, CO at least three days a week, you will influence product architecture, advance AI-driven workflows in optics, PCB/FPGA design, and quantum control software, and ensure safe, reliable AI integration in our quantum

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Artificial Intelligence.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Proven ability to guide AI-assisted engineering across large teams.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and maintain best practices for AI-assisted coding, testing, code review, and research workflows.
• Influence guidelines for using LLMs on performance-critical software, including embedded C++ and Rust, RTOS applications, and kernel device drivers: where AI assistance is appropriate, how generated code is reviewed and tested, and how memory safety, timing, and determinism are verified before merge.
• Make forward-looking electronics architecture improvements to our AI tooling and integrations so they keep pace with advances in models and agents and with shifts in engineers' tool preferences, and track industry benchmarks for AI-assisted developer productivity so our practices stay current.
• Build ways to measure the output of AI and LLM-driven workflows, such as defect and revert rates of AI-assisted changes, review findings, test coverage, performance regressions, new capabilities added, and time saved, and use the results to refine tools and guidelines.
• Ensure safe and reliable operation of AI in quantum processors.

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

Embedded software

Kernel device drivers

RTOS

AI tooling

Team influence

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science/Software Engineering/AI

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

LLM prompts

Job description

Atom Computing is seeking a Principal AI Developer Experience Engineer to elevate how physicists and engineers use AI. You will set best practices for AI-assisted engineering and build shared tooling enabling rapid adoption of AI workflows across teams.

Based on-site in Boulder, CO at least three days a week, you will influence product architecture, advance AI-driven workflows in optics, PCB/FPGA design, and quantum control software, and ensure safe, reliable AI integration in our quantum