Software Engineer

The Role 

We are searching for a high-autonomy Cloud Platform Engineer who has built and scaled platforms in frontier domains such as quantum computing, AI/ML, or gaming backend systems, and who can now lead the reliability, scaling, and architectural evolution of our internal quantum-classical compute platform. This role involves due-diligence on what has already been built, identifying weaknesses, proposing architectural remediation, and leading implementation. You will not inherit a completed platform—you will evaluate it, refine it, and define what it becomes. This engineer must be able to operate independently, without architectural guidance, and confidently justify recommendations based on best-practice cloud engineering and systems-level knowledge.

What You Will Do 

Platform Assessment & Evolution 

• Perform due-diligence analysis of existing platform architecture 
• Identify deficiencies, security gaps, scalability challenges, and maintainability risks 
• Recommend improvements, system changes, and platform restructuring where required 

Production-Grade Cloud Build-Out 

• Convert prototype systems into reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant deployments 
• Establish logging, telemetry, and monitoring standards 
• Own multi-cloud deployment strategy (AWS, GCP, Azure) 

Quantum/Scientific Environment Integration 

• Containerise, deploy, and scale hybrid quantum-classical workloads 
• Integrate platform services with algorithms developed by scientific teams 
• Understand performance constraints related to scientific compute 

Developer-Facing Infrastructure 

• Improve internal tooling, automation, observability, and deployment workflows 
• Own CI/CD discipline across platform components 

Qualifications 

Must-Haves: 

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer (Platform, SRE, or Cloud) with a track record of building, launching, and maintaining production-level cloud applications. 
• Deep expertise in software testing, continuous integration (CI/CD), and quality control methodologies. You believe that code isn't done until it's tested and deployable. 
• Strong experience managing complex, heterogeneous cloud resources and distributed systems (e.g., multi-cloud, on-prem, Kubernetes). 
• Proficiency in systems languages (C/C , Rust, Java) and scripting (Python, SQL). 
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). 
• You must be based in New York City and able to work from our NYC office. 

Nice-to-Haves (Bonus Points): 

• Experience with High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments. 
• Familiarity with orchestration software such as Covalent. 
• Knowledge of quantum computing frameworks (e.g., Qiskit, Pennylane). 
• A passion for media, gaming, or creative technology. 

Must-Have Behaviours 

• Operates independently without needing instructions 
• Comfortable making architectural calls and defending them 
• Can evaluate engineering quality of prior work 
• Thrives in ambiguity 
• Self-directed and comfortable in non-productised environments 

Travel Requirement 

• Will require travel to global research sites 
• (Likely London and Switzerland)