queracomputinginc · Boston, MA, USA
Skills: Python, Rust
Summary QuEra Computing is hiring a Senior Scientific Software Engineer to build systems that automate theoretical and computational research in quantum computing. You will develop a reusable autoresearch platform that generates hypotheses, implements and evaluates candidates, and uses accumulated evidence to guide further exploration. Initial applications include automated performance improvement across our software repositories, quantum-error-correction code discovery with QEC theorists, and architecture search with compiler researchers. This is a hands-on engineering role with substantial technical ownership. You will combine classical search and optimization with AI agents, and develop methods that progressively improve the research process itself. Responsibilities Design and build the autoresearch platform, including programmable search strategies, agent and tool integration, and reliable execution of long-running experiments. Develop and evaluate search and optimization methods for generating, selecting, refining, and combining candidates under limited computational budgets. Collaborate with theorists and compiler researchers to translate research questions into search spaces, constraints, objectives, and executable evaluation procedures. Establish reproducible evidence of progress through correctness checks, strong baselines, noise-aware measurement, and independent validation; deliver useful discoveries and software improvements. Qualifications Strong software engineering skills and a record of independently delivering substantial research or developer tools, with proficiency in Rust or a comparable systems language and scientific programming in Python. Deep practical experience in search and optimization, particularly combinatorial optimization, evolutionary algorithms, meta-heuristics, or automated algorithm design. Hands-on experience building automated discovery or optimization systems that iteratively generate candidates, execute experiments, and learn…
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