Microsoft

Senior Quantum Software Engineer - HPC Infrastructure

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2 days ago
Redmond, WA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$120k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary technical contact for engineers and scientists, gather infrastructure requirements, and develop roadmaps and risk-mitigation plans.
  • Design, build, operate, and document Linux HPC clusters, compute and service nodes, job schedulers, and related infrastructure tools.
  • Deploy and support remote Linux graphical desktop services for Windows users and maintain licensed engineering and EDA software and license servers.
  • Develop and manage Azure infrastructure, shared storage, quotas, backups, monitoring, private connectivity, and cost optimization using automation and infrastructure as code.
  • Own platform reliability through patching, vulnerability remediation, access reviews, disaster-recovery testing, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
  • Collaborate with scientists and engineers to introduce new tools and workflows, and mentor users and team members through documentation, runbooks, and onboarding.

Requirements

  • Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or a related field plus 1+ year of software industry experience; or a relevant master’s degree plus 3+ years; or a relevant bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years; or equivalent experience.
  • At least 4 years of programming experience in related programming languages.
  • At least 4 years of experience working in a collaborative environment.
  • Ability to pass required Microsoft, customer, government, cloud, export-control, and citizenship or status verification screenings.
  • Experience applying AI tools to engineering automation, infrastructure as code, prototyping, performance analysis, research, and task automation while reviewing outputs for accuracy and security.
  • Preferred: 4+ years administering production Linux for HPC or large multi-user clusters, including Slurm, shared storage, remote graphical access, licensed engineering software, and license servers.
  • Preferred: 4+ years managing Azure resources with infrastructure as code and scripting.

Tech Stack

AnsibleAzureBashLinuxPythonTerraformWindows

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Microsoft

About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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