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About the role
As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for software platforms that enable the design, fabrication, characterization, and measurement of Rigetti's quantum systems – with a strong emphasis on integrating into the engineering process.
What they're looking for
- BS or equivalent degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, or related field, MS or PhD a plus
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a people leadership role, whether formal management or equivalent tech lead capacity
- Demonstrated experience building data systems, ideally in scientific computing or physics-informed models
- Demonstrated experience with software systems managing large datasets, metadata, and scalable data pipelines
- Experience with streaming architectures and tools (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming)
- Proficiency in Python, familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript. Comfort in a scientific computing environment is strongly valued
More about this role
At Rigetti, our mission is to build the world’s most powerful computers to solve the world’s most challenging problems. Rigetti is a pioneer in superconducting Qubits and full stack quantum computing systems. In addition to introducing the first multi-chip quantum processor, Rigetti has led the way in software systems for quantum computing, with a distributed operating environment for hybrid quantum-classical computing, and a state-of-the-art streaming characterization and measurement development and execution platform
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to head the team responsible for software systems that enable the creation, delivery and maintenance of Rigetti’s quantum computers. This includes systems for device design, chip fabrication workflows, physics-informed data analysis, quantum gate-design, and quantum mitigation and error correction technologies. This also includes managing the team and supporting the development of software systems for quantum QPU and system characterization. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of state-of-the-art software engineering, hardware, and scientific computing.
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