Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Quantum Architecture, Platform

PsiQuantumsmission is to build the first useful quantum computersmachines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016 our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit fault-tolerant quantum systems.

Quantum computers harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that even the most advanced supercomputers or AI systems will never reach. Their impact will span energy pharmaceuticals finance agriculture transportation materials and other foundational industries.

Our architecture and approachisbased on silicon photonics. Byleveragingthe advanced semiconductor manufacturing industryincluding partners like GlobalFoundrieswe use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics. Photonics offers natural advantages for scale: photonsdontfeel heat are immune to electromagnetic interference and integrate with existing cryogenic cooling and standard fiber-optic infrastructure.

In 2024PsiQuantumannounced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane Australia and Chicago Illinois. These initiatives reflect a growing recognition that quantum computing will be strategically and economically definingand that now is the time to scale.

PsiQuantumalso develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable. Our application software and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companiesincluding Lockheed Martin Mercedes-Benz Boehringer Ingelheim and Mitsubishi Chemicalto prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact.

Quantum computing is not an extension of classical computing. Itrepresentsa fundamental shiftand a path to mastering challenges that cannot besolvedany other way. The potential is enormous and we have a clearpathto make it real.

Come join us.

Job Summary:

The Quantum Architecture Software Team at PsiQuantum builds the core software and data systems that underpin the study and simulation of quantum computer architectures. Quantum architects research and develop architectures for fault-tolerant photonic quantum computers in particular methods for entanglement generation and error correction. The Quantum Architecture Software Team builds and supports the internal software platforms that enable these efforts - developing and maintaining simulation frameworks data systems and computational tools used to evaluate and explore architectural concepts.

We are seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to own the design implementation and evolution of the backend and web systems that underpin the Quantum Architecture (QA) platform. This role blends deep software engineering expertise in Python distributed systems and web architecture with the ability to design clean interfaces and build robust composable infrastructure for scientific and computational workflows.

Youll work directly with physicists software engineers and researchers to turn computational ideas into sustainable high-value software systems that drive the simulation and exploration of quantum architectures.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the redesign of our core architecture platform backend defining clear service boundaries and APIs in Python so simulation data and UI layers stay decoupled and manageable.
• Build resilient Python-first pipelines that move jobs configs and artifacts between on-prem/HPC environments and cloud services emphasizing reproducibility and debuggability.
• Own database and caching strategy-schema/version design indexing migrations and Redis/Valkey-backed state layers-so long-lived experiments evolve without breaking downstream users.
• Stand up and operate Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure (EC2/EKS/S3/IAM etc.) integrate authN/Z (OAuth2/OIDC/SSO) and embed logging/metrics/tracing for operational clarity.
• Deliver internal tooling (CLIs REST/gRPC endpoints Python SDKs) and documentation that let researchers and engineers launch observe and compare simulations without digging through multiple repos.
• Raise the engineering bar: typed Python thorough testing CI/CD gates and mentoring peers on platform design performance tuning and modular system composition.

Experience/Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree or higher in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• 8 years building backend/platform systems in Python including leading significant re-architecture efforts.
• Expert-level Python (async packaging profiling) with production experience in FastAPI/Flask/Django and typed interface patterns (pydantic/mypy).
• Demonstrated success shipping reproducible pipelines or workflow engines that span HPC/Slurm-style schedulers and cloud infrastructure including task orchestration and artifact provenance.
• Deep AWS Terraform experience across multi-environment deployments; comfortable wiring auth layers and managing secrets/service identities.
• Strong database and state-system background (Postgres/MySQL/Mongo Redis/Valkey) covering schema design migrations query tuning and cache/state orchestration.
• History of designing and maintaining internal APIs/SDKs (REST/gRPC/Python clients) with clear contracts versioning and documentation practices.
• Hands-on with CI/CD static analysis typed Python tooling observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry profilers) to keep services reliable and diagnosable.
• Bonus: experience building platforms that serve research-heavy or experiment-driven teams where complex workflows and long-running jobs demand clear interfaces and repeatable execution.

PsiQuantum provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. PsiQuantum does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) gender identity gender expression national origin ancestry citizenship age physical or mental disability military or veteran status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable laws.

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