Senior Quantum Software Engineer (Python/Rust) Equity

Atom Computing; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

401K matching

Life insurance

Daily snacks and catered lunches

Job summary

Atom Computing is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build the software platform that coordinates our quantum computers. This backend-focused role uses Python and Rust, with occasional TypeScript/React frontend work, and requires deploying services that run close to hardware in a Linux environment.

You will join a small, collaborative Software Engineering team reporting to the Software Engineering Manager. This role is based in our Boulder, CO or Austin, TX office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer deploying complex software in production environments.
• Proficiency with Python and SQL.
• Experience operating software in Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Git, automated testing, and modern software development practices.
• Willingness to learn quantum concepts relevant to the work.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the software stack that orchestrates quantum computing on our systems and interfaces with control and calibration systems.
• Rewrite and productionize prototype code from Quantum Engineers into reliable services.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure for automating system tuning and calibration.
• Develop and maintain software for scheduling execution and analyzing results of quantum algorithms.
• Collaborate with Quantum Engineers to write idiomatic, tested, and extensible code for experiments on quantum hardware.
• Make architectural and code-design decisions to keep the codebase clean and scalable.
• Deploy, monitor, and support the production platform, contributing to on-call rotation.
• Partner with the infrastructure team to strengthen CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Python

SQL

Linux

Git

Testing practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

TypeScript

React

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Atom Computing is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build the software platform that coordinates our quantum computers. This backend-focused role uses Python and Rust, with occasional TypeScript/React frontend work, and requires deploying services that run close to hardware in a Linux environment.

You will join a small, collaborative Software Engineering team reporting to the Software Engineering Manager. This role is based in our Boulder, CO or Austin, TX office.