Senior Software Engineer, Non-Realtime Controllers

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential quantum computing organization seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their non-realtime controllers team in Oxford. This is a hybrid role offering the chance to work on cutting-edge hardware control systems that support next-generation quantum platforms.

You will own areas of the hardware control surface end to end, from device protocol design through to services running reliably across a production fleet. This is a hands-on engineering role working closely with software engineers, systems teams, and quantum scientists to build and operate the software controlling hardware surrounding quantum computers. Previous exposure to quantum systems is not required.

Responsibilities

This is a hands-on engineering role balancing delivery of your own areas with support for the teams and scientists who depend on them.

• Own a group of device controllers end to end, covering API design, implementation, rollout and ongoing operational health
• Make services robust against the ways real instruments fail
• Bring devices onto the current framework and roll out across the fleet without disrupting running experiments
• Improve the shared framework where problems are common to many controllers
• Work closely with systems teams and scientists who depend on these services, strengthening observability, health checking and alerting
• Raise code standards through review and mentor less experienced engineers by working alongside them

What We're Looking For

To be successful, you will need experience working with Linux-based systems and interfacing with hardware, plus a track record of making software behave well against unreliable external dependencies. We're looking for someone who can own a problem area with little supervision and judge where robustness is worth the effort.

• Strong systems engineering skills with solid Rust experience, or deep proficiency in another systems language and appetite to work in a Rust codebase, including async programming
• Experience designing and operating networked services such as gRPC or REST, with real grasp of error handling, observability and failure modes
• Experience of hardware and instrument protocols and interfaces such as SCPI, Modbus, serial and Ethernet
• Comfortable owning the production behaviour of what you build, not just its correctness in test
• Excellent communication skills both within software and across disciplines
• Interest in helping other engineers improve their craft without wanting to stop building yourself

How We Work with You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai will guide you through the process. When you apply through our platform, a recruiter will screen your application and qualifications. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication should go through Get A Job.ai to ensure proper representation.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and will be competitive based on experience and qualifications.

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