Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer

Burnaby, BCResearch & Development – Algorithms, Performance, and Tools / Full-Time, Permanent / Hybrid WE ARE : D-Wave (NYSE : QBTS) a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services, and is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers—and the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing today to benefitbusiness and society. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling. D-Wave’s technology has been used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations including Mastercard, Deloitte, Davidson Technologies, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Southern California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Our company and its innovations have appeared in the pages of Time Magazine, Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, INC Magazine and Wired. As of August 8, 2022, our company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as $QBTS.  WHAT TO EXPECT : D-Wave is looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Algorithms, Performance, and Tools (APT) team and contribute to the continuous improvement of , our open-source software development kit for solving complex problems on our quantum computers and quantum-classical hybrid solvers. In this role you’ll be developing the software tools used to facilitate running and solving these problems, particularly focusing on maintaining and upgrading our Ocean SDK and QPU development tools. Previous experience with quantum computing and / or a research background would be highly beneficial.  HERE'S WHAT MAKES THIS ROLE AWESOME :   Challenge : You’ll be responsible for a core part of our software offering that forms the building block of future quantum applications. Connection : Your open-source contributions will be seen and used by programmers and scientists around the world.  Impact : You and your team will lay the groundwork for the future of programming quantum computers.

What you’ll do :

• Write clean, well-documented and testable code for our software tools.
• Contribute to the open-source , its sub-packages and work on QPU development tools.
• Research, design and conduct experiments to run on our QPU hardware.
• Support QPU research projects and add features to the QPU pipeline to improve our quantum computing offerings.
• Support internal research teams, D-Wave customers, and the quantum computing developer community by maintaining, testing and writing high quality code for open and closed source software.

What you’ll bring :

A D-WAVER'S DNA :

OUR COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL : We believe providing D-Wavers with company ownership, competitive pay, and a range of meaningful benefits is the start of creating a culture where people want to give the best they’ve got — not because they’re simply making money, but because they’ve fallen in love with our vision, mission, values, and team.  During the interview process, your Recruiter will explain how our rubrics work across all our total rewards (base, equity, bonus, perks, benefit, culture) offerings. The base salary for this role is targeted between $124K - $186K per year. The final offer is determined by your proficiencies within this level.  THE FINE PRINT : No 3rd party candidates will be accepted – so please don’t reach out. It is D-Wave Systems Inc. policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state / provincial, local law.