Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will own the architecture and evolution of the software infrastructure that enables our quantum processors to operate reliably, scalably, and autonomously. You will design the foundations for error‑correction frameworks, quantum compilation stack, data flows, storage systems, orchestration layers, and automation pipelines that turn a raw quantum chip into a production‑grade QPU product.

Key responsibilities

• Define and lead the architecture of the Quantum Infrastructure layer that bridges low‑level control software and user‑facing services.
• Partner with hardware and control teams to integrate qubit calibration, stabilization loops, and error‑correction cycles.
• Design data and service layers supporting quantum error‑correction frameworks, syndrome extraction, decoding, and long‑term state tracking.
• Act as technical authority, mentor senior engineers, and drive architectural strategy across hardware, data, and platform teams.

Required profile

• 12+ years building large‑scale, high‑reliability systems or scientific platforms.
• Proven experience architecting complex, data‑heavy distributed infrastructure.
• Strong leadership ability to influence cross‑functional teams and drive execution at scale.

Required skills

• Python
• Async frameworks
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Timeseries databases, object storage, and distributed filesystems
• Automation systems, schedulers, workflow engines, configuration graphs, and data pipelines
• Containerization and Kubernetes
• Reproducible environments, multi‑tenant architecture, and hybrid HPC/cloud deployments
• Rust, C++, Go (optional but beneficial)