Q-CTRL

Backend Engineer

• Build the backbone of quantum tech: Design, develop, and optimize scalable backend services in Python.
• Build impactful systems: Design, develop, and optimize scalable backend applications that power real-world quantum technology.
• Engineer for performance: Create high-efficiency service-to-service communication using modern protocols.
• Bridge science and engineering: Work hand-in-hand with researchers to translate cutting-edge research code into production-ready solutions, while sharing engineering best practices.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions: Partner with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to ship integrated features used across Q-CTRL’s products.
• Shape reusable architectures: Develop product features that promote flexibility, reuse, and scalability across multiple business cases.

Senior Software Engineer – Back-end

Product Designer

• Lead the design of a cohesive experience across Q-CTRL’s products
• Design and deliver high-quality experiences, from early concepts to polished solutions
• Partner with engineering, product, and research to define long-term strategy and short-term tactics
• Conduct user research and testing to better understand our users and refine our products
• Refine our design system to drive consistency and scalability
• Foster a culture of design excellence, mentoring and supporting the team
• Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training

Senior Product Designer

Full-stack Engineer

• Driving architectural direction as an individual contributor across products with an emphasis on back-end and platform engineering, yet with a mindset that is agnostic of a specific technology stack.
• Influencing technical strategy and OKRs, aligning stakeholders across multiple teams and seniority levels, with a horizon beyond 12 months.
• Setting and driving engineering excellence across the organization, particularly around patterns and abstractions that span products and domains.
• Overseeing (and often owning) large cross-team and cross-department technical solutions, involving technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentoring engineers at all levels on technical topics, particularly around system design, acting as a dotted-line leader in some instances, with the assistance of an Engineering Manager.
• Expertly articulating trade-offs in complex design to audiences inclusive of executive and senior leadership.
• Spending around 30% of time coding and 70% of time leading, flexing these percentages depending on company needs.

Senior Software Engineer – Back-end

Senior Product Designer

Principal Software Engineer