About Us
Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum control infrastructure software.
We bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering, and research to help achieve our mission of making quantum technology useful.
Our Mission
We believe that working in deep tech domains like quantum provides an opportunity to upskill whilst applying existing knowledge and practices to new markets.
Key Milestones
* Record-breaking expansion of Series B funding round to USD $113 M, with $59 M USD of new capital in October 2024.
* Announced industry-first partnership with IBM Quantum Services in November 2023, natively integrating performance management software with all IBM quantum computers.
* Designed and moved Global HQ offices and lab space into the first purpose-built commercial and research facility for a quantum technology company in Australia.
* Grew global presence in Los Angeles and Berlin, and expansion into the UK, recently opening up a new office in Oxford.
* Continued to deliver real-world outcomes across the quantum sectors, with work on software-ruggedized quantum sensing for navigation without GPS, featured in the New York Times.
About the Role
As a back-end Software Engineer in the Black Opal team, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining services supporting Black Opal as well as architecting integrations with education partners.
This role plays a key part in the evolution of our ever-growing customer base and partner integrations.
As a main contributor to our code base, this role requires strong coding skills, team collaboration, and attention to detail.
What You'll Be Doing:
* Make technical decisions and deliver technical solutions, with consideration for performance, scalability, and extensibility.
* Leading the development, testing, and documenting Q-CTRL's APIs.
* Architecting and designing, building, and maintaining integrations with learning platforms, supporting LMS (Learning Management Systems) and other platforms.
* Work on new product features expressed as scenarios using Gherkin Syntax (Given, When, Then) with Product and Design colleagues.
* Review and address code and comments submitted by the team via pull requests.
* Stay up-to-date with current best practices in your field with a willingness to share knowledge freely.
Requirements
* 3+ years of software development experience as a senior level engineer.
* Experience setting technical direction and defining architectural standards, ensuring that our services are scalable, maintainable, and meet business objectives while keeping technical debt to a minimum.
* Hands-on experience with any web API development (Graph QL, RESTful, etc).
* Hands-on Python experience.
* Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Rabbit MQ, etc).
* Experience with enterprise integration patterns.
* Our core values resonate with you (to be real, trusted, just, and revered) and you have a willingness to adapt, collaborate, and help others.
* You have a bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
Why Q-CTRL?
* Flexibility: We embrace workplace flexibility so you worry more about your global impact vs a rigid work schedule.
* Attractive salary: You'll get to live the start-up life without start-up wages.
* Equity: We want people to have a sense of ownership in what they do and offer the potential for equity share and annual bonuses.
* Resources: We are well funded by the world's best technology investors, letting us chase our ambitions with minimal constraints.
* Parental support: We offer paid parental leave to support you and your loved ones.
* Diversity: We're an equal employment opportunity employer. We value diversity, inclusion, and providing equal opportunities to all, actively supporting initiatives like the 'Global Women in Quantum' program among others.
* Unique culture: You'll be surrounded by some of the world's leading physicists, engineers, product, marketing, and design people (to name a few) with a strong desire to learn and transfer knowledge.
* Meaningful values: You'll work with an incredibly supportive team who work consistently to deliver our core values to be real, be trusted, be just, and to be revered.
* Personal development: We provide you with a personal development and wellness budget.
* Impactful work: Last but not least You'll have the opportunity to work in the world's leading field of technology and truly make an impact that matters