Quantum Systems SW Development Engineer

Microsoft has become the world’s center of expertise on topological quantum computing. This development effort includes a staff of theoretical physicists, experimental and engineering teams around the world.  Within Microsoft’s Quantum program, the Quantum Systems team develops custom electronics for various parts of the hardware stack of a scalable quantum computer.  The overall system is being developed by a diverse and multi-disciplinary team that includes software and hardware architects on a combination of classical and cryogenic systems.   

Help accelerate Microsoft’s mission to deliver reliable, scalable quantum systems. As a Software Design Engineer on the Quantum Systems Software team, you’ll be building a scalable web experience that surfaces operational status across the fleet of quantum machines, system health insights, and scientific reports from qualification workflows. You’ll ship customer facing dashboards and management experiences, end to end, in a modern Python/React stack and collaborate closely with program management, quantum engineers, and partner software teams. 

At Microsoft Quantum, we aim to empower science and scientists to solve the world’s biggest problems by realizing advanced computing platforms at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum information technology. 

Microsoft Quantum will change the world of computing and help solve some of humankind’s currently unsolvable problems. For more information about our team, visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum. 

Responsibilities

• Design and build core features of the Quantum Systems Portal, including admin/CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) pages for quantum systems data and real time, data driven dashboards for fleet status, system health, and qualification/scientific reporting. Deliver accessible, responsive, and performant UX (User Experience).  

• Develop backend APIs (Application Programming Interface) with Python/FastAPI: define clear contracts, validate inputs, and implement secure data access patterns.  

• Build and maintain CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) pipelines (Azure DevOps) with automated tests, security checks, and safe, slotbased deployments to Azure.  

• Collaborate across Quantum software teams to integrate the right data sources/services, ensuring privacy, security, and compliance.  

• Uphold engineering fundamentals: code reviews, unit/integration/E2E testing, observability (logs/metrics/traces), performance profiling, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and documentation.  

• Evolve the platform: Partner with adjacent software teams to improve the measurement software infrastructure, developer ergonomics, and CI/CD/testing for instrumentintheloop code.