Senior Software Developer

Burnaby, CanadaCA$150k–CA$206kPosted Jul 16, 2026
Senior Software DeveloperD-Wave (NYSE: QBTS), D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. It is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the first and only to offer dual-platform quantum computing products and services, spanning both annealing and gate-model quantum computing technologies. D-Wave’s mission is to help customers realize the value of quantum today through enterprise-grade systems available on-premises and via its Leap™ quantum cloud service, which offers 99.9% availability and uptime. More than 100 organizations across commercial, government, and research sectors trust D-Wave to address complex computational challenges using quantum computing. Learn more about realizing the value of quantum computing today and how D-Wave is shaping the quantum-driven industrial and societal advancements of tomorrow: www.dwavequantum.com. About the roleD-Wave is looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Algorithms, Performance, and Tools (APT) team and contribute to the continuous improvement of Ocean, our open-source software development kit for solving complex problems on our quantum computers and quantum-classical hybrid solvers. In this role you’ll be developing the software tools used to facilitate running and solving these problems, particularly focusing on maintaining, upgrading and modernizing our client libraries and library of examples. No knowledge in quantum physics is required, although previous experience with quantum computing would be beneficial.HERE'S WHAT MAKES THIS ROLE AWESOME:  Challenge: You’ll be responsible for a core part of our software offering that forms the building block of future quantum applications.  Connection: Your open-source contributions will be seen and used by programmers and scientists around the world. Impact: You and your team will lay the groundwork for the future of programming quantum computers.What you'll doMaintain and build Python and C++ packages, including managing build tools, CI pipelines, and open-source software development.Write clean, well-documented and testable code for our Ocean software tools. Contribute to the open-source Ocean SDK, its sub-packages and work on QPU development tools. Collaborate with internal teams and clients, building and adapting examples and tutorials to both internal and external users.  Support internal research teams, D-Wave customers, and the quantum computing developer community by maintaining, testing and writing high quality code for open and closed source software.About YouBachelor’s degree in computer science, physics or mathematics, or equivalent experience, with several years of professional experience in software development.Experience working with open-source software, with a demonstrated track record of contributions to open-source or customer facing software.Enthusiastic about high-quality, maintainable code and documentation. Willingness to work together with internal teams on upgrading the user experience and quality of our open-source tools.Effective technical communication skills; expect to work 1-on-1 with our clients and internal teams.Excellent Python and C++ skills, including experience with package maintenance and build tools for both, and an understanding of how programming languages function under the hood.Experience incorporating builds and tests into a continuous integration platform like CircleCI, Appveyor, Jenkins and/or Travis.Experience working on end-to-end software projects; from architecture to implementation and documentation. Familiarity with linear algebra, graph theory and combinatorial optimization a plus.A D-Waver's DNAWe look at the future and say “why not”; we see possibilities where others see problems or routines. We show the way ahead and are committed to achieving ambitious goals.We practice straight talk and listen generously to each other with empathy. We value different opinions and points of views. We...

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