At Classiq, we’re shaping the future of quantum computing. Our mission is to make quantum computing practical and impactful by bridging the gap between hardware and real-world applications. Our product enables developers and enterprises to design, optimize, and deploy quantum algorithms at scale, automating complex processes and supporting teams from beginners to experts across diverse architectures.
Classiq is trusted by Fortune 500 leaders and global governments. With $210M in total funding and a rapidly growing team of 120 people, we accelerate the quantum era with a product that transforms bold quantum ideas into working applications.
The Role
We’re hiring a VP R&D to lead our global R&D department. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for translating our quantum scientific breakthroughs into scalable, market-ready products while leading a world-class team of physicists, quantum engineers, and software developers.
Behind our quantum innovation stands a world-class, top-tier cloud and product infrastructure that ranks in the top decile of high-growth tech companies globally. You will inherit and scale this robust engineering ecosystem, driving execution velocity while maintaining deep technological excellence.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor senior engineering leaders while fostering a culture where speed meets quality
- Translate product roadmaps into engineering plans
- Cross-functional collaboration: partner closely with CTO, Product Management, Sales, and the CEO to ensure the technical strategy supports market demands.
- Technical Excellence: Maintain the highest standards of code quality, system architecture, and scientific rigor across all development cycles.
- Lead the development of next-generation, AI-powered and agent-based products
- Drive deep adoption of AI across the R&D lifecycle, from coding and testing to architecture and delivery
- Introduce measurable frameworks to improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery velocity
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership, preferably within a Deep Tech or high-growth startup environment.
- + 3 years of experience leading and managing an R&D organization of 50+ software engineers with responsibility for people leadership, delivery execution, organizational growth, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong background in developing languages, modern software engineering practices (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD) and system architecture.
- Deep understanding of modern architecture (Saas,...)
- Hands-on experience with AI technologies and/or leading AI adoption in engineering organizations
- Strong people leadership with proven cross-functional collaboration skills
- Educational degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Skills Required
- 10+ years in engineering leadership
- 3+ years leading an R&D organization of 50+ engineers
- Strong background in developing languages
- Experience with modern software engineering practices
- Deep understanding of modern system architecture
- Hands-on experience with AI technologies
- Educational degree in Computer Science or related field
What We Do
Welcome to Classiq - Leading Quantum Computing Software Inspired by traditional semiconductor design automation, Classiq combines deep quantum expertise with novel implementation of classical computing software automation. This combination of deep technologies is designed to transform the quantum software stack, today and in the future. With an IDE, SDK, Compiler and OS for quantum computing, Classiq is positioned at the intersection of quantum physics and computer science. Classiq’s transformative offering is being woven into the fabric of the quantum computing ecosystem: QUANTUM DEVELOPERS: As quantum computers get more powerful gate-level manual coding becomes impractical, and at times impossible. Classiq’s unique technology changes that. Classiq’s high-level quantum development environment offers functional libraries and deploys advanced heuristics and algorithms to synthesize quantum circuits automatically. Experts and beginners alike are now able to implement advanced scalable quantum circuits that are automatically optimized for a specific quantum machine, as well as easy benchmarking. Execution on quantum machines and simulators is built-in. QUANTUM COMPUTER PROVIDERS: Classiq’s software can be deployed as a dedicated front-end operating system offering customers best-in-class features maximizing customer insights and productivity. QUANTUM CLOUDS: Classiq’s hardware agnostic development software enables programs in all leading quantum programming languages providing broad access to and driving adoption of cloud platforms. HPC & ADVANCED COMPUTATION: Classiq’s scalable automation and classical computing underpinning make it a natural partner for today’s supercomputing providers seeking to integrate seamlessly with quantum computing. Classiq is collaborating with the world’s leading supercomputing providers to build seamless architectures to combine the best of both classical and quantum computing.
