Senior Quantum Compiler Engineer – Build Quantum Toolchain

Clutch Canada; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 124,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

D-Wave Systems Inc. in New Haven, CT, seeks a Senior Quantum Software Engineer, Compiler to advance our compiler and interface tooling for diverse quantum programming environments.

You will design, implement, and optimize transpilation layers converting general quantum circuits into gate-level sequences for our dual-rail qubit architecture, working closely with physicists, application engineers, and embedded teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, electrical/computer engineering, physics, or equivalent with strong physics aptitude.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience in C, C++, Python or similar.
• Strong understanding of compiler design fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, scientists, and engineers to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Convert quantum circuits into implementations targeting dual-rail qubit architecture.
• Architect and maintain scalable compiler software and tools.
• Write clean code and review others’ work for quality.
• Analyze performance bottlenecks and optimize user experience.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Compiler design

QIR/LLVM/MLIR

Git/CI/CD

Quantum APIs (Qiskit/CUDA-Q/Cirq)

SQL

Education

Master’s degree in computer science

Tools

LLVM

MLIR

Qiskit

CUDA-Q

Cirq

PostgreSQL

Job description

D-Wave Systems Inc. in New Haven, CT, seeks a Senior Quantum Software Engineer, Compiler to advance our compiler and interface tooling for diverse quantum programming environments.

You will design, implement, and optimize transpilation layers converting general quantum circuits into gate-level sequences for our dual-rail qubit architecture, working closely with physicists, application engineers, and embedded teams.