Software Developer Backend (Hybrid)

About Xanadu

Xanadus mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.

At Xanadu we are learners innovators researchers collaborators and problem solvers. We are creating something that has never been built before. What we are doing is extremely hard the classic moon shot. Few people in their life will be able to be a part of something like this where if we are successful the technologies we develop will solve some of the worlds most challenging problems and literally change the world. And that is something to be excited about!

Your role and responsibilities:

As a Software Developer you will help build out the ecosystem of products. The goal of is to help pioneer quantum software development as a discipline and spread the adoption of PennyLane an open-source framework for quantum machine learning quantum computing and quantum chemistry. No quantum software experience is required.

You will:

• Help build scale document and maintain new and existing products for the ecosystem.
• Implement and maintain a set of APIs for consumption by internal and external services and web front ends.
• Work with a cross-functional team to drive our product roadmap forward and to build great experiences for our users.
• Collaborating with product owners to derive requirements and ensure designs are technically feasible.
• Ensure high-quality production code by maintaining automated test coverage and a dynamic code review process.
• Perform DevOps related tasks such as maintaining our CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

At Xanadu we primarily work with Python but we use various tools including PostgreSQL Docker GraphQL Terraform CI pipelines (GitHub Actions) and cloud platforms (AWS) and are constantly exploring new technologies to add to our stack.

Basic qualifications and experience:

• BSc in Computer Science Engineering Physics Math or related field.
• 3 years of software development experience.
• Strong knowledge in modern development languages like Python.
• Proficient in PostgreSQL/SQL.
• Experience working with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform or equivalent).
• Experience using Docker and deploying to cloud providers like AWS or Google Cloud.
• Product-minded approach to software development.
• Self-driven to deliver high-quality solutions to our users.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred qualifications and experience:

• Technical leadership experience.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Hands-on experience designing and building large fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Proficient in integrating with and deploying front-end technologies such as NextJS and React. A working knowledge of these frameworks is also a nice-to-have.

Our values are important. They are fundamental and lay the foundation for culture at Xanadu. Learn more about our values here.

At Xanadu we are committed to building an inclusive safe and equitable culture and fostering an environment where our employees feel included valued and heard. We are committed to meeting the needs of all individuals and support a barrier-free workplace. Should you require accommodations at any point during the recruitment process please contact Recruiting at .

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