QuEra Computing is the leading provider of quantum computers based on neutral-atoms. Our mission is to build the most scalable quantum computers. Backed by SoftBank VF.
About the role
You'll represent the developer's perspective while language semantics, API surfaces, and compiler architecture are still being decided — before those decisions harden. Your users: application scientists building on our stack, who need tight iteration loops, and the broader quantum research community using Bloqade, our open-source SDK, whose first impressions shape whether QuEra becomes the platform serious developers reach for.
What they're looking for
- Experience building developer-facing tooling: compiler frontends, LSP servers, linters, SDK APIs, or notebook tooling
- Comfortable reading and writing both Rust (Kirin, execution layer) and Python (user-facing SDK). No compiler background required, but willing to work in the IR layer
- Strong opinions on what "good" errors look like, and interest in improving them before they ship
- Interest in influencing platform or language design, not just building on top of it
- Comfortable prototyping against unstable APIs and feeding signal back into design
- Willing to grow into compiler engineering — you'll work closely with an SSA-based compiler stack
More about this role
QuEra is building the software stack for neutral-atom quantum computers, spanning four abstraction levels — logical, physical, atom shuttling, and pulse — each with its own compiler dialect and execution environment. The core language and compiler architecture are still taking shape, and the decisions made now will determine whether the stack is a joy or a burden to program against.
You'll represent the developer's perspective while language semantics, API surfaces, and compiler architecture are still being decided — before those decisions harden. Your users: application scientists building on our stack, who need tight iteration loops, and the broader quantum research community using Bloqade, our open-source SDK, whose first impressions shape whether QuEra becomes the platform serious developers reach for.
You'll work closely with the compiler team building on Kirin, our shared IR infrastructure (Rust), and across the Python SDK layers built on top of it.
- Shape foundation decisions : Bring a DX perspective into language design, IR architecture, and API reviews, pushing back when choices would make the stack hard to use.
- Prototype early : Build early error messages,...
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