System Software Developer Performance

About Xanadu

Xanadus mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.

At Xanadu we are learners innovators researchers collaborators and problem solvers. We are creating something that has never been built before. Few people in their life will be able to be a part of something like this where if we are successful the technologies we develop will solve some of the worlds most challenging problems and literally change the world. And that is something to be excited about!

Your Role and Responsibilities

Building a high-performance software stack that makes optimal use of quantum hardware resources is key to realizing early game-changing applications of quantum computing. As part of the PennyLane Performance Team you author high-performance libraries that enable ultra-low latency communication between FPGAs and GPUs develop other high-performance extensions such as the PennyLane-Lightning simulator suite and contribute to the performance monitoring and benchmarking tooling for the PennyLane & Catalyst quantum software stack ensuring PennyLane is the highest-performing framework for quantum computing.

You will:

• Develop primitives/libraries that enable ultra-low latency communication between devices in a distributed heterogeneous system (CPU/GPU/FPGA)
• Develop high-performance software components adapting to new hardware platforms and programming paradigms.
• Convert abstract descriptions of algorithms into efficient & understandable software implementations.
• Develop the framework for benchmarking the compilation and execution pipeline tracking quantum resources through the stack and profiling the quantum software.
• Interpret and communicate complex concepts to the wider team.
• Participate in software system specification design and quality assurance (e.g. requirements gathering defining software architecture documentation verification & validation etc.)
• Provide leadership in software best practices including continuous-integration pipelines unit testing & code review.

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• BSc in Computer Science Engineering Physics Math or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in low-level networking/systems programming (e.g. networking/low-latency communication (RDMA) concurrency and authoring of high-performance libraries OS internals)
• Proficiency in high-performance Modern C (C17/20 preferred) and Python.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture (CPU GPU memory hierarchy) coupled with hands-on experience in optimizing code for runtime and memory efficiency using professional profiling tools (e.g. perf scalene valgrind).
• Proven ability to rapidly diagnose and resolve complex issues across compiled and interpreted environments using industry-standard debuggers.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience:

• MSc PhD in Computer Science Engineering Physics Math or a related field.
• Familiarity with code parallelization and accelerators: multithreading (e.g. OpenMP C threads) multiprocessing (e.g. MPI) GPUs (e.g. CUDA HIP/ROCm) or compiler offload directives.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable & reproducible scientific workloads on HPC / supercomputer platforms or cloud hardware (e.g. AWS Azure GCP).
• Expertise in quantum computing as demonstrated by extensive coursework thesis or peer-reviewed publications.
• Experience with writing complex quantum workflows and optimizing the use of quantum resources.

Values

Our values are important. They are fundamental and lay the foundation for culture at Xanadu. Learn more about our values here.

This is for a new position. Your base salary will be determined based on your location experience and internal benchmarks. The base salary range is 120000 - 160000 CAD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Our values are important. They are fundamental and lay the foundation for culture at Xanadu. Learn more about our values here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive safe and equitable culture and fostering an environment where our employees feel included valued and heard. We are committed to meeting the needs of all individuals and support a barrier-free workplace. Should you require accommodations at any point during the recruitment process please contact Recruiting at .

Please be advised that we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening and assessment of applicants for this position. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1