Quantum Compiler Engineer: Tools for Scientists (Equity)

Queracomputinginc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Job summary

QuEra is seeking an engineer to help scientists program neutral-atom quantum computers by maintaining the domain-specific language and compiler stack used daily on experiments.

You will partner with physicists and control stack engineers to turn new experiments into working programs, keep the toolchain reliable as hardware evolves, and integrate it with the control system. The role emphasizes building useful tools and helping others succeed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Physics, EE or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong Python skills with typing, packaging and testing (pytest).
• Clear written and verbal communication; enjoys building tools for scientists who are not professional developers.
• Experience working across team boundaries: coordinating changes and interfaces.
• Experience debugging unfamiliar code and reducing complex failures to minimal reproductions.
• Familiarity with the full software lifecycle: VCS, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the domain-specific language and its compilation stack: triage issues, fix bugs, review PRs, manage releases and keep CI, tests and dependencies healthy.
• Act as the main contact for machine/testbed teams programming experiments; help port legacy programs and diagnose issues.
• Collaborate with control stack engineers to integrate compiled programs with the control system; define the program representation and keep in sync across releases.
• Turn user problems into reproducible reports, regression tests and focused fixes; collaborate on language/IR changes.
• Identify and fix performance problems in compilation/execution (compile time, size, timing).
• Write and maintain user-facing documentation, tutorials, examples and agent skills to help physicists write correct programs.
• Work with hardware control teams to support new channel types, control hardware and machine configurations.
• Collect feedback from machine users and translate into a prioritized usability roadmap.

Skills

Python

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

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

Tools

Kirin toolchain

pytest

Job description

QuEra is seeking an engineer to help scientists program neutral-atom quantum computers by maintaining the domain-specific language and compiler stack used daily on experiments.

You will partner with physicists and control stack engineers to turn new experiments into working programs, keep the toolchain reliable as hardware evolves, and integrate it with the control system. The role emphasizes building useful tools and helping others succeed.