Q Ctrl
Software Engineer
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specified$130k-$170kDetected 1 day ago
PythonGoRustFastAPIFlaskDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentRESTgRPCMachine LearningProduct ManagementRecruitingResearchCommunication
About the role
- Our team excels in areas across back-end, front-end, machine learning, and platform engineering.
- We transform Q-CTRL's world-leading technological breakthroughs into commercial software products with applications across defense, research, and industry.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain scalable backend services in Python and C++.
- Develop APIs and backend services supporting our compiler and quantum runtime.
- Build reliable distributed systems and cloud-native services.
- Collaborate with compiler engineers to integrate new compiler capabilities into production systems.
- Work with researchers and product teams to deliver new platform capabilities.
- Experience building backend systems or distributed services.
- We build the tools that make quantum technology useful, solving the hardest challenges in quantum computing and quantum sensing to deliver real-world impact.
- Experience building high-performance backend systems.
Requirements
- Experience with asynchronous programming and concurrency.
- Experience with FastAPI, Flask or Django.
- Experience with Rust, Go, or other systems programming languages.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Experience with modern C++.
- Experience designing APIs using REST, gRPC or GraphQL.
Skills
- Our work is underpinned by robust standards, and by embracing the three virtues.
Compensation
- The targeted base salary range for this position is between $130,000 - $170,000 and will ultimately be determined by specific job-related skills, experience, level, location and other contributing factors.
- Depending on the position offered, this role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, equity and other forms of compensation outside of the targeted base salary range.
- Should you have any questions related to the compensation package, please speak directly with the Talent Acquisition representative.
- In 2024 we raised US$113 million in Series B funding, the largest aggregate investment for a quantum software company.
Benefits
- For more information on benefits at Q-CTRL, please visit our careers page at https://q-ctrl.com/careers.
- We offer flexibility, equity potential, and competitive benefits that reflect our high-performance culture.
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