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# Scientific Software Engineer

- **Company:** QuEra Computing Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $102,400.0 - $166,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Quantum Computing, Software Engineering, Virtual Machines, Data Logging, Information Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Version Control, Programming Languages
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f593d1f7-e118-4519-bb3f-b766facff405

## About the Role

* Masters in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience
 * Enthusiastic about building tools used by non-software developers
 * Experience with bytecode interpreters, CPython interpreter
 * Experience with modern C/C++ projects and tooling around those projects
 * Experience with hardware emulation and VM development, especially for novel/heterogeneous architectures
 * Experience with Static Single Assignment intermediate representations-based compiler
 * Knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation, * Ph.D. in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience
 * Experience with compiled languages such as Rust, C++, Julia
 * Experience with FPGA programming
 * knowledge in quantum physics and AMO physics
 * knowledge in quantum error correction
 * Contribution to existing open-source libraries

## Description

QuEra Computing Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of integrating high-level applications into state-of-the-art 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 direct integration with low-level hardware components.

Directly interacting with our compiler toolchain Kirin, you will be building QuEra's multi-level hardware simulation tools across compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists. This involves the development of new features and infrastructure for simulating hardware execution. You will be co-designing compilers and hardware simulation infrastructure for the next generation of quantum computing using cutting-edge neutral-atom and quantum error correction technologies. This new direction involves multiple new challenges in both engineering and science.

Responsibilities

 * Develop and maintain a multi-level hardware virtual machine that emulates QuEra's domain-specific language (DSL) for pulse-level programs and its associated compilation stack
 * Support integration into control stack
 * Collaborate with Quantum Error Correction (QEC) scientists and hardware control team to plan and simulate hardware features required for executing QEC algorithms
 * Collaborate with other members of the scientific software team to perform gate-level and atom-move hardware simulation, We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly. We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience. In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires.


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