Senior Quantum Compiler Engineer

Q-CTRL; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Q-CTRL’s Quantum Computing Engineering team delivers software that translates breakthroughs into commercial products. The team spans back-end, front-end, ML, and platform engineering, partnering with Product, Design and Research to accelerate quantum advantage worldwide.

The role focuses on building compiler infrastructure, evolving a Python DSL for researchers, and delivering production-grade compiler capabilities while collaborating with researchers and running experiments on quantum hardware.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Python and C++
• Experience with LLVM/MLIR
• Experience implementing language tooling or DSLs
• Significant experience designing production compiler systems
• Experience with compiler architectures, IRs, optimisation passes and code generation
• Experience with FPGA development (Verilog, VHDL or HLS)
• Strong understanding of systems programming and software architecture

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimise compiler infrastructure, intermediate representations, optimisation passes and code generation
• Maintain and evolve bespoke Python DSL used by researchers to construct pulse-level quantum programs
• Build high-performance software using Python and C++
• Work closely with researchers to translate experimental algorithms into production-quality compiler capabilities
• Run experiments on quantum hardware to validate compiler outputs end-to-end
• Influence technical direction, mentor other engineers and drive engineering best practices

Skills

Python

C++

MLIR/LLVM

DSLs

Compiler design

Code generation

FPGA

Systems programming

Verilog/VHDL

Tools

LLVM

Verilog/VHDL

Job description

Q-CTRL’s Quantum Computing Engineering team delivers software that translates breakthroughs into commercial products. The team spans back-end, front-end, ML, and platform engineering, partnering with Product, Design and Research to accelerate quantum advantage worldwide.

The role focuses on building compiler infrastructure, evolving a Python DSL for researchers, and delivering production-grade compiler capabilities while collaborating with researchers and running experiments on quantum hardware.