# Staff Software Engineer, Databases at psiquantum

- Company: psiquantum
- What the company does: PsiQuantum is on a mission to build the first commercially useful quantum computer to solve humanity. Backed by Founders Fund and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.psiquantum.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States; Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-04-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.psiquantum.com/apply?gh_jid=7692716003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/psiquantum-staff-software-engineer-databases/

## About the role

The OS Core Team at PsiQuantum works closely alongside engineers and scientists in the electronics, system architecture, and validation teams and is responsible for building the scalable, distributed, fault-tolerant control plane and operating system for utility scale photonic quantum computers.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years experience with Python or C++ in a system software context
- Design and implementation of large scale distributed storage systems, emphasis on graph databases
- Proven track record of developing and shipping reliable, performant software in a high scale or mission critical context
- Bachelors degree in a technical discipline preferred, or equivalent experience

Tags: Engineering