Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Quantum AI. Location: Seattle, Washington, Goleta, California

You will work closely with researchers, product teams, and engineers to support quantum computing systems and infrastructure; This role focuses on building reliable software environments that orchestrate and execute quantum computations as quantum machines evolve from research prototypes into scalable products.

Responsibilities:

• Scope technical problems and recommend solutions for both short term and long term needs.
• Take ownership of engineering goals and contribute to roadmaps that influence other engineers and teams.
• Design and implement systems that build and release core quantum software packages across multiple environments.
• Manage and maintain infrastructure running on team managed Kubernetes nodes;
• Write, review, and maintain high quality code following engineering best practices.
• Contribute to data preparation, optimization, and performance improvements in software systems.
• Seek feedback on technical designs and improve system architecture where needed.
• Build new infrastructure systems or enhance existing platforms when required;
• Contribute to documentation and educational materials related to engineering work.
• Collaborate with research teams, product teams, hardware engineers, electronics engineers, and research scientists.
• Support the development and execution of algorithms on advanced quantum computing systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 3 years of software development experience, or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes;
• Minimum 2 years of experience managing automated build and deployment systems.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable software infrastructure.
• Ability to work on complex distributed systems and large scale software platforms.

Preferred:

• Experience with build and deployment tools.
• Experience building developer infrastructure systems.
• Familiarity with quantum computing concepts and strong interest in learning more about the field.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Base salary range: 147,000 USD to 211,000 USD per year depending on experience, location, and qualifications.
• Additional compensation may include bonus, equity, and other incentives.
• Health insurance including medical, dental, and vision coverage;
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement plan with 401(k) and company match.
• 20 days of paid vacation per year, with accrual during the first five years of employment;
• Sick leave including 40 hours per year statutory leave where applicable and 5 days per event discretionary leave.
• Maternity leave including 28 to 30 weeks through short term disability and baby bonding benefits.
• Baby bonding leave of 18 weeks.
• 13 paid company holidays per year.