Senior Quantum SDK Architect & Developer Tools Lead

Clutch Canada

Bothell (WA)

Hybrid

USD 175,000 - 228,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans
401(k) matching
Unlimited PTO and holidays
Parental/adoption leave
Legal insurance
Home technology stipend

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own SDK programming paradigms, interfaces, and developer experience for quantum SDKs.

You will lead productization, open-sourcing, and API design, collaborating across Applications, Compiler, and Engineering to enable researchers and developers to write, optimize, and run quantum programs on IonQ hardware. You will mentor engineers, define high-level SDK standards, and drive cross-organization initiatives to improve documentation, testing, and

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering/Physics or related field.
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering with leadership/architectural roles.
  • 7+ years designing and maintaining public-facing SDKs or developer libraries.

Responsibilities

  • Define the technical strategy and roadmap for IonQ's public-facing SDKs.
  • Lead productization and open-sourcing of internal quantum developer tools.
  • Serve as primary architect for programming paradigms and abstractions in IonQ SDKs.

Skills

Python
API design
SDK design
Open-source
Mentorship
Cross-functional leadership
Technical documentation
Developer tools
Agency AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Physics

Job description

IonQ, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own SDK programming paradigms, interfaces, and developer experience for quantum SDKs.

You will lead productization, open-sourcing, and API design, collaborating across Applications, Compiler, and Engineering to enable researchers and developers to write, optimize, and run quantum programs on IonQ hardware. You will mentor engineers, define high-level SDK standards, and drive cross-organization initiatives to improve documentation, testing, and

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