Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Braket

Key job responsibilities

Own the technical vision and roadmap for the quantum compilation toolchain
Lead and grow a team of applied scientists and software engineers; set the bar for scientific rigor and engineering quality
Design compilation passes that minimize resource overhead for fault-tolerant quantum architectures
Collaborate with hardware, algorithms, and applications teams to co-design the compiler around real device constraints and customer workloads
Publish research and open-source contributions that advance the state of the art and attract world-class talent

About the team

Amazon Braket is the quantum computing service by AWS. We give researchers, developers, and enterprises access to quantum hardware and the tools to build on it. Our goal is to make quantum computing a core part of the AWS accelerated compute portfolio.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work in industry or academia experience
• Experience with leading experienced scientists as well as having a record of developing junior members from academia or industry to a career track in a business environment
• Experience in more than one major programming language (C++, Java, or related) and at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, or equivalent)
• Have peer-reviewed scientific contributions in premier journals and conferences
• PhD in Quantum Computing, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related technical field

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work in industry or academia experience
• Knowledge of problem solving, algorithm design and complexity analysis
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
• Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs

About Amazon

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