Senior Compiler Engineer (Quantum Computing)

Location: Los Angeles / San Francisco, United States; hybrid workplace

Salary: $135,000–$210,000 annual base salary, with potential bonuses, equity, and other compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops quantum control infrastructure and commercial quantum computing and sensing solutions for defense and industry.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and optimise compiler infrastructure, intermediate representations, optimisation passes, and code generation.
• Maintain and evolve the Python DSL used to construct pulse-level quantum programs.
• Build high-performance software in Python and C++.
• Work with researchers and quantum engineers to turn experimental algorithms into production compiler capabilities.
• Run experiments on quantum hardware to validate compiler outputs end to end.
• Influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Python and C++.
• Experience with LLVM, particularly MLIR.
• Experience implementing language tooling, parsers, or domain-specific languages.
• Significant experience designing production compiler systems.
• Strong understanding of compiler architectures, intermediate representations, optimisation passes, code generation, systems programming, and software architecture.

Nice to have

• Experience with quantum control systems or pulse-level programming.
• Experience characterising superconducting or semiconductor spin qubits.
• Knowledge of RF signal processing, including IQ modulation.
• Experience with laboratory instruments such as AWGs, digitisers, oscilloscopes, or SCPI-controlled equipment.
• Experience with FPGA development using Verilog, VHDL, or HLS.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, permanent employment.
• Hands-on work at the intersection of quantum algorithms, compiler engineering, and physical hardware.
• Collaboration across backend, frontend, machine learning, and platform engineering.
• Potential eligibility for annual discretionary bonuses, equity, and additional compensation.