Software Engineer, IonQ
Compiler
Plus variable bonus and equity
Quantum computing platform
Job no longer available
Quantum computing platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Plus variable bonus and equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems, transforming business, society, and the planet for the better.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will show potential for: leading and contributing to multiple simultaneous development efforts, projects, and initiatives; balancing technical expertise and savvy with strong business judgment to make great technology decisions; striving for simplicity and demonstrating creativity and incisive judgment
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field; non-traditional backgrounds are welcome
- 3+ years of development experience in compiler optimization for various architectures
- Strong knowledge of Python and a systems programming language such as C++/Rust, or a highly-productive language like OCaml; and a strong math background, especially linear algebra
- Experience with algorithm design and development; benchmarking and performance-oriented optimizations
- Strong focus on testing and software quality
Desirable
- An Advanced degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field; non-traditional backgrounds are welcome
- Experience developing projects using MLIR/LLVM and/or Qiskit, Cirq, or the like
- Understanding of advanced compiler optimization techniques
- Education or training in quantum computing and/or quantum information science (such as work experience, coursework, thesis, or peer-reviewed publications)
- Experience developing toolkits, compilers, or runtime environments for heterogeneous architectures
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our small but effective compiler engineering team
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the compiler team, you’ll be part of a customer-obsessed, cross-organizational and cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems
- You will be critical to the company’s success, delivering results with measurable impact
- As part of the compiler engineering team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining ahead-of-time (AOT) and just-in-time (JIT) compilations for quantum computing, including quantum machine learning and quantum chemistry
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve our quantum compiler stack; we’re a small team and we count on each other to run with projects independently
- Perform R&D to support new hardware platforms, programming paradigms, and software tooling to enable optimal performance for quantum computing workloads
- Deliver world-class quantum circuit optimizations with compiler innovations and efficient execution of those innovations; convert abstract descriptions of algorithms into efficient and understandable software implementations
- Help the industry define programming models, algorithms, and intermediate representations for quantum computing
- Interpret and communicate complex concepts to the wider team
- Collaborate with an experienced interdisciplinary staff
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Approach problems pragmatically
- Help us continuously improve how we do things
Our take
IonQ is a quantum computing company, its current quantum computer, the IonQ Quantum Cloud is accessible through the cloud. An offshoot of the co-founder's 25 years of academic research in quantum information sciences, IonQ hopes to build the world's best quantum computers that can solve complex problems at a much faster rate than that of traditional computers.
Over the past few years, IonQ has partnered with several major technology companies, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google to make its quantum computers more widely available.
IonQ has also acquired Entangled Networks to bolster its product offerings and also merged with a special purpose acquisition company to become a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "IONQ". The merger brought in substantial gross earnings that IonQ plans to utilize in order to accelerate its technology development and commercialization efforts.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2020
$7m
SERIES B
Oct 2019
$55m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82m
Company benefits
- Biweekly catered lunches
- 100% paid maternity/paternity/bonding leave for eligible employees
- Health, vision, dental insurance, and an HSA for you and your family
- Flexible time off
- Save in our 401(k) and we'll match up to 5% (vesting over five years)
- Access to UMD library, gym, and more
- Spend pre-tax dollars on public transportation or your bicycle (we provide secure, covered storage)
Company HQ
College Park, MD
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Leadership
Christopher Monroe
(CSO)For the past 15 years, they have been a Professor at the University of Maryland and since 2021, they have also worked as a Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University.
Jungsang Kim
(CTO)Previously the founder, President and CEO of Applied Quantum Technologies. They have also been a Professor at Duke University for the past 18 years.
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