Hiring: Scientific Software Engineer - Developer Experience Company: QuEra Computing Inc. Location: Boston, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:50:36 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Python, Rust About the job Required Skills: •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, visualizations, and workflow sketches — not to ship, but to stress-test API decisions while they're still changeable. •Help define the error model: Contribute to a coherent contract for how errors are represented, surfaced, and attributed across compiler passes, from the circuit-level API down. •Visualization: Contribute to circuit diagrams, error syndrome plots, and result analysis tooling as APIs stabilize. •Developer workflow: Improve the path from Bloqade program to emulation output to hardware job — CLI, error messages, actionable feedback. •Standard libraries: Help decide what gets promoted from internal example to first-class primitive, and write the first ones. Qualifications: •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. •: We're hiring across levels. More senior candidates drive multi-quarter arcs from problem to design to adoption across teams; more junior candidates focus on well-scoped pieces with more guidance. •Visualization experience in technical domains (signal processing, compiler IR, timing diagrams). •Operational familiarity with Python packaging and the scientific Python ecosystem. •Prior open-source work with an external user community. •Exposure to DSL design or compiler ergonomics. Compensation: •$102,400 - $166,400 / year •In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!