About The Role and Team
Quantum Motion is a fast-growing quantum computing start-up based in London. We are developing quantum processors based on industrial-grade silicon chips, with the potential to radically transform computing power in areas such as materials modelling, medicine, artificial intelligence and more. We have recently moved into a new office in Islington with state of the art cryogenic facilities and have an outstanding interdisciplinary team spanning quantum physics to IC design.
The Cloud Engineering Team builds cloud-based solutions, supports the cloud platform and helps to drive its adoption and expansion while also collaborating with other teams. Furthermore, the Cloud Engineering Team looks after the on-prem IT infrastructure.
The primary function of this position will be to take responsibility for the successful development, management and maintenance of software services to ensure that the production services perform effectively, while maintaining a high level of internal customer satisfaction. This includes developing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing key functional areas, particularly internal applications and servers in a hybrid infrastructure. You will develop, troubleshoot and resolve software and process problems in a timely and effective fashion.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to be an early employee at a start-up shaping the future of quantum computing, and in particular to form a new team within the company. There are vast opportunities for professional growth and to make an impact within the company.
As a Software Engineer, the position will suit someone who has a strong software background and problem-solving mindset, demonstrates critical-thinking and passion for automating tasks. Due to the nature of hybrid infrastructure, some tasks may require to be on site.
Functions of the Role
- Understand and implement business needs, new features and modification requests
- Performance tuning and automation of applications
- Write efficient, reusable, and scalable code based on current software systems
- Fine-tune and develop cloud infrastructure for data driven applications
- Test and debug software applications with Python test framework tools
- Be a highly collaborative and outgoing individual, a keen team player that can provide excellent customer service.
Experience – Essentials
- Strong team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience as a Python Developer or in a similar role
- Strong understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices
- Experience in RESTful APIs, web frameworks, NoSQL databases and serverless applications
- Strong understanding of version control systems and familiarity with CI/CD Pipelines
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields
- Working knowledge of AWS services
- A logical approach to problem solving.
Experience – Desirable
- Awareness of DevOps and Agile principles
- Experience with IaC and DevOps tooling such Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Chef, Gitlab
- Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration tools
- Familiarity with data preprocessing and feature engineering techniques for ML model training.
- Familiarity with MLOps tooling
Benefits
- Be part of a creative, world-leading team
- Competitive salary and share options scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
- Flexible working
- Central London location
EEO Statement
Quantum Motion is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, colour, religion, disability status, marital status, pregnancy, gender reassignment or any other protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010.
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