Senior Software Development Engineer - Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing, Amazon Braket

Amazon Braket is evolving to support fault-tolerant quantum computing. We need a Senior SDE who can build high-performance systems infrastructure for quantum workloads—the kind of engineer who thinks about latency budgets, resource lifecycle, and how to make hardware accessible through clean software abstractions. If you have a background in device drivers, OS kernels, embedded systems, or low-latency distributed infrastructure, and you want to apply that expertise to a fundamentally new kind of computing device, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement interfaces that connect Braket's infrastructure to quantum hardware with minimal overhead
• Build session management, memory management, and execution control systems for quantum device interactions
• Optimize the critical path between customer workloads and quantum processors for minimal latency and maximum throughput
• Collaborate with the existing Workload Execution team on shared runtime infrastructure (brokers, scheduling, resource management)
• Work within Braket's established code review and operational readiness processes when contributing to shared production systems
• Work with quantum hardware providers to define and evolve integration specifications
• Contribute to the architectural evolution of Braket's execution stack for fault-tolerant workloads

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing protocol-level interfaces (gRPC, custom binary protocols, or similar)

Pay

• USA, NY, New York: $184,900.00 - $250,200.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: $168,100.00 - $227,400.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, and optional Supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

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