Quantum Calibration Software Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 192,200 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. – B02 is hiring a Research Software Engineer for the MQS Center of Quantum Computing. You will translate science requirements into scalable software, working with experimental physicists on calibration, data analysis pipelines, and dashboards.

This role emphasizes collaboration, ownership, and building workflows for larger quantum devices. The team offers opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge quantum software, with an emphasis on scalable, performant

Qualifications

• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• PhD or 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience working with scientists in a research environment
• 1+ years of experience with calibration for experimental quantum computing

Responsibilities

• Architect extensible & intuitive frameworks for running quantum computing experiments and analyzing data.
• Leverage the latest techniques in quantum calibration to enable scaling to larger devices.
• Optimize the performance of experiment & analysis tools to enable faster experiment throughput.
• Develop dashboards that allow experimentalists to inspect and control the state of quantum device calibration.
• Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure that supports increasingly-complex science workflows.
• Empower scientists to actively contribute to the codebase through mentorship and documentation.

Skills

Java/C++/Python

SDLC

PhD/6+ years

Collaboration with scientists

Quantum calibration

Tools

GraphQL

React

SQL databases

AWS tools

Open-source software

ML tooling

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. – B02 is hiring a Research Software Engineer for the MQS Center of Quantum Computing. You will translate science requirements into scalable software, working with experimental physicists on calibration, data analysis pipelines, and dashboards.

This role emphasizes collaboration, ownership, and building workflows for larger quantum devices. The team offers opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge quantum software, with an emphasis on scalable, performant