Software Engineer, Runtime

About the role

The Systems Software Engineer will join the Runtime Software team to work directly with experimental scientists on real-time control system behaviors. This role involves shaping core Rust libraries and the execution environment to enable fault-tolerant quantum computation. You will contribute to the development of advanced quantum systems by building abstractions that allow for precise hardware control.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with scientists to understand their requirements.
• Interfacing with system orchestration, non-realtime control and compiler teams to ensure our work integrates seamlessly with the wider software architecture.
• Implementing drivers for various real-time devices.
• Producing tooling to enable users of our code to iterate rapidly and fearlessly.
• Developing the execution environment for the user programs which run on our systems.
• Continually improving the APIs used by our internal users.

Required skills

• Systems programming
• Rust
• Software architecture
• API development
• Driver development

Benefits

• Medical plan
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• Matching 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Adoption leave
• Legal insurance
• Home technology stipend

About the Company

IonQ, Inc. is a leading quantum platform and merchant supplier delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. The company is known for its cutting-edge quantum systems and world-record performance in quantum computing.