Quantum Software Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL, United States

Company

hirify.global develops platforms for controlling and operating quantum computing systems.

What you will do

• Work directly with customers to understand experimental goals, constraints, and system architectures.
• Design, implement, and optimize quantum control workflows for customer applications.
• Troubleshoot software, system-level, and experiment-integration issues on real quantum hardware.
• Develop and maintain Python-based application code, tools, and reference examples.
• Provide technical guidance, best practices, and documentation to support customer deployments.
• Collaborate with product, R&D, hardware, and software teams to improve scalable quantum control solutions.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of hands-on Python programming experience.
• Master’s degree in Computer or Software Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Quantum Information Science, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with scientific, experimental, or systems-oriented codebases.
• Solid understanding of software architecture, version control, testing, and Git-based workflows.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Close collaboration across customer success, product, R&D, hardware, and software functions.
• Hands-on work with real quantum hardware and experimental systems.
• Opportunity to balance pragmatic customer solutions with long-term engineering improvements.