Rigetti Computing is building the world’s most powerful computers to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. We believe this technology will fundamentally change the world for the better and will affect nearly every industry over the coming decades.
Day to day in this role
You’ll develop and maintain the services and client SDKs used to build and execute programs on Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS). This includes services used by internal researchers and public customers alike, for whom stability and reliability is essentialServices are written in Rust, Golang, and a combination of the two (over FFI), with tools in Python and Typescript. Clients are offered in Python, Rust, C, and Golang. Our web apps are written in Typescript & ReactYou’ll extend and refine OpenAPI & gRPC APIs in ways that offer deeper or more efficient access to the quantum processor.These services have been in production since 2018, but many opportunities remain for optimization and new product featuresYou’ll assume pager duty to ensure that QCS remains operational around the clock. Operational issues today requiring after-hours responses are rareYou will hold significant sway over the future architecture of our services and client SDKsYou'll work closely with several teams within Rigetti
Our embedded software engineering team, which develops the cutting-edge hardware driving the quantum processor. QCS services interact directly with that hardware, and it is critical that they mesh together tightlyQuantum engineers and applications developers, who rely on this service to do their research and offer exciting, novel ideas to refine and optimize itOur infrastructure team, in order to ensure that the service remains performant and highly availableYour immediate team members who own other parts of the overall system, including compiler and language developmentYou’ll also be encouraged to present your work externally at conferences and in publicationsAbout You
You relish a sense of ownership and agency over your work, and you learn quicklyYou prize the quality of the software that you write. You approach your work with a sense of urgency appropriate to the impact either on users or on the team itselfYou communicate clearly and effectivelyYou have experience building mission-critical, reliable, and performant systemsYou rigorously test and document software intended for production use, follow common language conventions and well-known patterns, and rely heavily on automation for testing and deploymentYou are experienced in profiling, benchmarking, and tracing code in both the development and deployment environmentsYou know how to design an API to avoid breaking changes, and how to migrate clients when it can’t be avoidedYou are knowledgeable about non-trivial parts of service design, such as distributed authorization, error handling, and versioningYou work independently - you’re comfortable leading the design and implementation of a software package or service from high-level requirementsYou enjoy leading a high-level architecture discussion one moment, and then translating that discussion into reliable production code the nextYou are functional and agile in environments with incomplete information and evolving priorities and requirements, and you actively shape the requirements and product rather than awaiting guidance.Key Requirements
Discipline and rigor in your code, design, and communicationFluency in Rust. Competence in Golang and PythonDeep experience building and maintaining schema-driven, widely accessible web APIs (one or more of OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC/Protobuf)One or more of the following:
Experience developing and supporting popular open-source software libraries to include issue triage and community messagingExperience with event streaming systems (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis)Nice to Have
Experience in programming language and/or compiler developmentExperience building intuitive, elegant web applications with ReactExperience building and maintaining SDKsExperience architecting, building, and deploying microservice architectures with KubernetesAcademic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or PhysicsKnowledge of quantum computing and applications.As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.
About Rigetti
Rigetti Computing is a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing. The company has operated quantum computers over the cloud since 2017 and serves global enterprise, government, and research clients through its Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services platform. The company’s proprietary quantum-classical infrastructure provides ultra-low latency integration with public and private clouds for high-performance practical quantum computing. Rigetti has developed the industry’s first multi-chip quantum processor for scalable quantum computing systems. The company designs and manufactures its chips in-house at Fab-1, the industry’s first dedicated and integrated quantum device manufacturing facility. Rigetti was founded in 2013 by Chad Rigetti and today employs more than 130 people with offices in the United States, U.K., and Australia. Learn more at
www.rigetti.com.
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This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license. In order to ensure compliance, Rigetti must determine U.S. citizenship or U.S. visa/immigration status of all prospective applicants for this position.
Any citizenship information provided will be reviewed solely for export control compliance purposes. Only applicants eligible to receive export-controlled items, software, technology, and information will be considered for this position. Citizenship information will be handled in accordance with Rigetti’s policies prohibiting discrimination based upon classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.
Rigetti is committed to full compliance with applicable anti-discrimination laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We strive to create an inclusive work environment and will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
