# Senior Software Engineer

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) 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 role D-Wave is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Systems Software Engineering team. In this role, you will design and build core platform infrastructure, backend services, and user-facing features that enable seamless access and reliable operation of our simulator

- **Id**: 188183
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/d-wave-senior-software-engineer-604>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New Haven, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-31T20:03:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-31
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T21:22:53Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-06T21:22:53Z
- **Days open**: 67
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6467
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Science & Computing, Quantum Computing Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 695
- **Name**: D-Wave
- **Domain**: dwavequantum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/d-wave>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Rippling

## Salary

- **Min**: 125000
- **Max**: 187000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 187000

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 67

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-02T01:57:39Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T21:22:53Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 187000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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