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Research Software Engineer, Control & Calibration, AWS Center for Quantum Computing

Job ID: 2956025 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

We are looking to hire a Software Engineer to join our growing software team. You will work closely with our experimental and theoretical physics teams to enable their work characterizing, calibrating, and operating novel quantum devices. The ideal candidate will be able to translate high-level science requirements into software implementations (e.g. Python APIs/frameworks, React components, database schemas) that are performant, scalable, and intuitive. This requires someone who (1) has a strong desire to work within a team of scientists and engineers, and (2) demonstrates ownership in initiating and driving projects to completion. This role has a particular emphasis on working directly with experimental physicists to develop scientific software workflows that enable scaling to larger quantum devices.

Key job responsibilities:

1. Architect extensible & intuitive frameworks for running quantum computing experiments and analyzing data.
2. Optimize the performance of the database API and infrastructure to enable faster experiment throughput.
3. Develop dashboards that allow experimentalists to inspect and control the state of quantum device calibration.
4. Profile and improve the performance of experiment & analysis tools to enable scaling to larger devices.
5. Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure that supports increasingly-complex science workflows.
6. Empower scientists to actively contribute to the codebase through mentorship and documentation.

We are looking for candidates with strong engineering principles, a bias for action, superior problem-solving, and excellent communication skills. Working effectively within a team environment is essential. As a software engineer embedded in a research organization, you will have the opportunity to work on new ideas and stay abreast of the field of experimental quantum computation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 2+ years of Python software development experience
- Experience working with scientists in a research environment
- Experience with the full software development lifecycle (planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience working with SQL databases
- Experience with AWS tools and services
- Experience with GraphQL and React
- Experience with machine learning and AI
- Experience with common open-source scientific software
- Experience in experimental physics or quantum computing

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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