Staff Software Engineer, Databases

PsiQuantum’s mission is to build the first useful quantum computers. The OS Core Team at PsiQuantum is responsible for building the scalable, distributed, fault-tolerant control plane and operating system for utility scale photonic quantum computers, focusing on orchestration, scheduling, and software development for quantum processors.

Responsibilities:

• Data systems design and implementation
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Collaborate across software, hardware, and research teams at PsiQuantum
• Testing and maintenance of database software
• Champion and serve as an exemplar of good software development practices at PsiQuantum

Requirements:

• 15+ years experience with Python or C++ in a system software context
• Design and implementation of large scale distributed storage systems, emphasis on graph databases
• Proven track record of developing and shipping reliable, performant software in a high scale or mission critical context
• Bachelors degree in a technical discipline preferred, or equivalent experience
• Experience in graph database systems such as Nebula, neo4j, Gravlax
• Experience in high performance computing and data design
• Experience in computer architecture
• Experience in high performance networking
• Experience with highly scalable distributed systems in a reliability and up-time critical environment
• PhD in a related technical discipline is a plus but not required