# Scientific Software Engineer - Developer Experience at QuEra Computing

- Company: QuEra Computing
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.quera.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Boston, MA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $102K to $166K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/queracomputinginc/jobs/5369462008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/quera-computing-scientific-software-engineer-developer-experience/

## 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

Tags: Scientific Software and Compilation