Software Engineer

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Haywards Heath, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England
Senior level
Information Technology • Manufacturing
The Role
As a Software Engineer at Universal Quantum, you will design and develop complex software for quantum computers, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, optimize quantum processes, and ensure high-quality code through best practices in software development. You will take responsibility for significant features within the quantum computing software stack and engage in knowledge sharing and code reviews.
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Description

At Universal Quantum we aim to make the world a better place by developing a new computer technology. Together, we are creating truly impactful quantum computers. Our machines will be capable of solving problems until now considered impossible, with applications ranging across a broad range of industries including healthcare, materials and aerospace. We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Software Engineer to join our talented and enthusiastic team of scientists and engineers in creating, optimising and maintaining modular, reliable, and scalable operating systems for our quantum computers. Passionate about helping create technologies which can change the world? UQ may be the right place for you, so get in touch! 

WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH:

  • Take responsibility of major features within the Quantum Computing Software Stack 
  • Work on use cases, analyse issues, create and communicate solutions, and lead development of components within our software stack
  • Benchmark, profile and optimize Quantum Computing processes, algorithms and software 
  • Work within multidisciplinary teams of electronic engineers, physicists, hardware designers and software developers to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges 
  • Evaluate and document the systems you help design, build, and maintain 
  • Participate in knowledge sharing and code reviews to improve product quality 
  • Support experimentation and continuously adapt to new discoveries from the Quantum team 
Requirements

The 3 Most Critical Attributes We'll Use to Compare Candidates: 

  1. High proficiency in designing, developing and debugging complex software in Python, and at least one compiled language such as C++ or Rust 
  2. Experience with requirements capture, collaborative design and development, revision control, verification/validation, and unit testing
  3. Enthusiastic team player with good communication skills

Must-have Skills: 

  • 5+ years of experience in design and development of production (product-based) software using a mix of Python and C++ (or similar) 
  • Writing readable, high-integrity, efficient, and well documented code
  • Experience designing and developing multi-thread and multi-process applications 
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems, IPC/RPC and containers (docker) 
  • Familiarity with Git, collaborative design and development processes, and being a prolific code reviewer 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to produce good documentation
  • Pragmatic approach to decision-making and design choices
  • Ability to rapidly grasp new concepts through research and reading
  • Willingness to learn new tools and programming languages


Nice-to-have Experience: 

  • Experience with simulations, parallelisation and HPC optimisations 
  • Experience with cloud deployment, orchestration and optimisation 
  • Experience with Rust 
  • Exposure to embedded systems and real-time hardware control 
  • Experience working in a multidisciplinary team (hardware engineers, applied scientists, etc)
  • Previous experience in start-ups or similar dynamic work environments 

Please feel encouraged to apply even if you don't match all the requirements of our job description. We would love to receive your application even if you think you only match some the requirements.

Benefits

Competitive salary, equity options, an unlimited paid holiday allowance, flexible working options, a 10% matching pension, a generous parental support policy, private health/dental insurance, personal development budget, and relocation support.

We are committed to nurturing diversity and inclusion
At Universal Quantum, we're passionate about working with and for all kinds of minds. As a proud signatory of the , we have made a number of formal commitments to help to hold ourselves accountable to both our team and peers. This includes pledging to collaborate and share best practices with others, to continuously develop plans to drive inclusion across our business, and to collect and share our diversity data annually. We welcome team members from all backgrounds, and work to create an environment where everyone can flourish freely.

Top Skills

C++
Python
Rust
The Company
Brighton,
70 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

A quantum computer harnesses the fundamental forces that govern the physical world. It can efficiently model complex systems in ways that would take the best classical computer millions of years, and so help revolutionise drug design, climate modelling, battery chemistry, and many other vital processes.

But to achieve all this, we need to make quantum computers work reliably at scale.

We started Universal Quantum to meet this challenge - because we believe that by doing so, we can help solve the most difficult problems faced by humanity. We’re following a pragmatic, engineering-based roadmap to build a device that is useful in the real world: a quantum computer that has utility. Every approach we take, every solution we devise, is geared towards this goal

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