Job Description
The Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is hiring a Software Development Engineer to build AI-native systems that accelerate quantum device research and fabrication. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, machine learning, and experimental science, building workflows and data infrastructure that connect scientists, hardware engineers, and AI models into a tightly integrated development loop.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and build data lakes and pipelines that unify experimental, fabrication, and metrology data from heterogeneous sources into a single, queryable platform for scientists and engineers
- Develop AI-native workflows that automate the experiment-analysis-recommendation cycle: ingest results, run ML models, surface insights, and propose next steps with minimal human intervention
- Build LLM-powered tools and autonomous agents that allow researchers to query, visualize, and reason over fabrication and experimental data using natural language
- Partner directly with research scientists, process engineers, and hardware teams to understand their problems deeply and translate research needs into working software
- Implement ML-driven analysis systems (e.g., automated defect detection, yield prediction, process optimization) that operate on live fabrication data
- Design and build recommendation engines that evaluate design-of-experiment tradeoffs (cost, time, performance) and surface actionable suggestions to research teams
- Own the reliability, scalability, and operational health of the systems you build, including monitoring, alerting, and on-call support
- Contribute to the technical direction of the Device Lifecycle team through design documents, architecture reviews, and code reviews
About the team
You will be joining the Device Lifecycle software development team within the AWS Center for Quantum Computing. Our team builds the software that enables scaling up quantum computing technologies, from fabrication execution systems to AI-powered research tools. We are a small, high-impact team where every engineer"s work directly shapes the pace of quantum device development.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Pasadena, CA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
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Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
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