Scientific Software Engineer- Shuttle Compilation

About the role

QuEra Computing, Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges to deliver the best performance out of QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computers. You will have the opportunity to work with a vibrant scientific software team and a community of industry and academic collaborators and to help our growing team of diverse experts address fascinating challenges, ranging from classical compiler techniques to quantum system architecture. You will be building QuEra’s compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists from low-level hardware instructions to high-level programming languages using our internal toolchain. This involves development of new heuristics, new architectures, and programming language design to optimize the performance of cutting-edge neutral-atom hardware and quantum error correction technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop and help maintain QuEra's compiler pipeline from circuit-level quantum programs to QuEra's Pulse-level Intermediate Representation using QuEra's Static Single Assignment-based compiler infrastructure.
• Design a novel domain-specific language to program atom shuttling inside QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computers.
• Implement and improve optimization methods relevant to shuttling workflows (e.g., routing/scheduling/planning heuristics, constraint-aware transformations, and cost-model-driven compilation decisions).
• Develop static analysis for both the quantum circuit and atom shuttle-level languages.
• Communicate and collaborate with QuEra scientists and external customers to meet their use-case requirements.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science with a focus on programming language design and compilation.
• Enthusiasm for building software tools for scientists, especially physicists.
• Experience with Python semantics, Python type hints, and the CPython interpreter.
• Experience with at least one compiled language and familiarity with its type system (e.g., C++, Julia, Rust, Haskell, OCaml).
• Experience with Static Single Assignment intermediate representations-based compiler development.
• Knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with computer microarchitecture/hardware design.
• Experience with using LLVM or MLIR for compiler development, or experience with an existing compiler framework.
• Experience or publication in quantum hardware-oriented program optimization (e.g., scheduling, routing).
• Knowledge of quantum error correction.
• Contribution to existing open-source libraries.
• Knowledge of quantum computing basics (e.g., common quantum algorithms, quantum information theory basics).

Pay

The approximate base salary range for this position is $102,400 - $166,400. We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly. Base compensation decisions are based on several factors, including geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to base salary, we provide equity grants for all new hires.