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Quantum Primitives Software Developer

IBM

IBM

Software Engineering
California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA
Posted on Feb 20, 2026
Introduction

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be part of our mission to implement the latest capabilities in Quantum Computing leveraging the low-latency/high-bandwith characteristics of our near-time execution environment.

You will be responsible for designing and implementing enhancements to software components that are part of our production stack, collaborating with the team to deliver new features. We are looking for an engineer with strong experience in software development and solid understanding of quantum computing principles, with a focus on areas of interest for near-term quantum computing such as noise characterization and error mitigation.

You will be working alongside the members of the primitives team, which is responsible for defining and implementing execution models for quantum computers. This is a great opportunity to join a team of quantum computing experts and make a tangible impact on the field of Quantum Computing.

Your role and responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance software services to execute computational tasks on quantum computers.

  • Build and maintain error characterization and mitigation features on public-facing code repositories.

  • Engage with internal Quantum Information researchers to identify ways to improve the performance of quantum computers.

  • Test new and existing features on IBM’s latest and most performant quantum computers.

  • Optimize performance and scalability through profiling, tuning, and refactoring.

  • Ensure high code quality through unit testing, code reviews, and adherence to software development best practices.

Required education
Master's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

  • Minimum 4 years of experience in Python development.

  • Strong experience in quantum computing, particularly in the fields of noise characterization and error mitigation.

  • Experience working with quantum-computing libraries such as Qiskit, Pennylane, Cirq, Braket, or similar.

  • Capacity and motivation to grow into a leadership role.

  • Solid understanding of best coding practices, with experience with Git/GitHub and CI/CD tools.

  • Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and code quality tools.

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Professional experience in the quantum computing industry.

  • Proven record of research in areas such as noise learning, error mitigation, and/or error correction.

  • Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.

  • Familiarity with multiple programming languages other than Python (e.g., Rust or C/C++).

  • Experience with API interaction (REST/RPC).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

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