D-Wave is looking for exceptionally motivated people who love to see the impact of their work on a daily basis, who will do whatever it takes to ensure success of the company, and who want to be a part of something special. D-Wave’s systems are multi-disciplinary in nature spanning physics, mechanical engineering, cryogenics engineering, low noise analog and digital electronics, conventional computer networking, and a low magnetic field environment. The company’s flagship product, the D-Wave 2X, is built around a novel superconducting quantum processor designed to exploit quantum resources known to offer large computational speedups on some problems. The D-Wave adiabatic quantum computer is able to sample from probability distributions and optimize functions that are computationally intractable using classical hardware. D-Wave Systems are currently being used by customers such as Lockheed, NASA and Google. D-Wave has appeared in Time Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, INC Magazine and Wired. Position Description: D-Wave is seeking a Software Engineer to support the users of our quantum computer and to prototype demonstration applications. You willact as the first line of support for D-Wave’s users and work with D-Wave’s applications and software engineering teams to write computer software that implements combinatorial optimization, sampling and machine learning using D-Wave’s quantum computer systems. You’ll report to the Director of Professional Services. In this position, youwill work remotely with 6 months of initial training and frequent trips to our head office located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Responsibilities Include: Technical
Develop software to apply quantum computing hardware for customer applications
Develop a thorough understanding of the applications, features and workflows relevant to running jobs on quantum hardware
Work in conjunction with the algorithms research team to incorporate their expertise into software projects
Use best software engineering practices
Customer
Act as technical lead or participant on customer projects
Site visits with customers; present at technical exchange meetings
Establish warm customer relationships at both technical and business levels; collect customer input; flag issues; and ensure timely resolution
Knowledge Base
Help develop software tools to benefit customers and facilitate technical communications in sales
Under the direction of the Director of Professional Services: build, maintain and enhance D-Waves library of reference examples and applications that demonstrate use cases for D-Wave’s quantum computer hardware
Write documentation and manage version control for your software projects
Create product installation, access manuals, and setup guidelines
Make recommendations on procedures that will generate more effective and efficient installation and access
Sales and Marketing Support
Identify promising areas for future development through interaction with D-Wave customers
Create supporting collateral materials to assist the business development team in demonstrating applicability of D-Wave technology to prospective customers
Provide support to sales and marketing with regard to promotion or sales intiatives
Willingness to travel across North America; future international travel is anticipated. Estimated travel 50% of the time
Remain organized and work productively in a distributed team environment
