Scientific Software Developer II [634]
D-Wave Systems19 hours ago
Burnaby, CanadaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain software for quantum processor calibration, hardware interfaces, operational infrastructure, system testing, and monitoring.
- Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and software teams on initiatives spanning multiple teams.
- Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing to strengthen engineering capability.
- Own bug fixes, enhancements, and new feature development across the processor software ecosystem.
- Improve software architecture, reliability, maintainability, and performance through optimization, testing, and documentation.
- Contribute to requirements definition, design, development, testing, validation, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Independently own development tasks and conduct technical investigations.
- Participate in process improvements, technical discussions, and development best practices.
- Participate in an on-call rotation supporting the availability and performance of QPU solvers on the Leap cloud platform.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related discipline with demonstrated experience working on hardware-integrated systems.
- Relevant software development experience delivering complex software systems, including 3+ years of industry experience, or an M.Sc. with 1+ years of industry experience, or a Ph.D. in a related discipline.
- Understanding of software architecture, algorithms, concurrency, and performance optimization techniques.
- Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing software interfaces to hardware systems.
- Experience developing reliable and maintainable software for complex engineering or scientific applications.
- Experience with Git workflows, including branching, merging, and pull requests, and experience working in Linux environments.
- Experience with Common Lisp using SBCL or similar functional languages such as Scheme, Clojure, or Scala.
- Experience developing software for scientific computing, hardware control systems, or distributed infrastructure.
- Familiarity with quantum computing, high-performance computing environments, digital or analog superconducting devices, device physics, or embedded systems.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and domains.
Benefits
- Base salary targeted between $126,000 and $172,000 CAD per year, with final offer based on proficiencies within the level.
- Company ownership, competitive pay, equity, bonus, perks, benefits, and culture-based total rewards are offered.
- Equal employment opportunity is provided to all persons regardless of protected characteristics.
About D-Wave Systems
D-Wave Systems builds quantum computing hardware and software, focused on quantum annealing, with access delivered via its Leap cloud and on-premise systems. It sells subscriptions, systems, and professional services to commercial, government, and research users tackling optimization and machine-learning workloads. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it is a public company listed on the NYSE.