# Quantum Software Engineer

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-bandwidth characteristics of our near-time execution environment, contributing to complex technical efforts across research, engineering, and product teams. 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 and advance the state of the art of Quantum Computing. 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 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. You’ll be responsible for the design and development of robust, high-performance systems across

- **Id**: 4306781
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ibm-quantum-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T01:44:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
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- **Description chars**: 4330
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: LLM & Generative AI, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Servers & Data Center Hardware, Quantum Computing Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 86
- **Name**: IBM
- **Domain**: ibm.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ibm>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: IBM Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 97
- **Ghost share**: 0.021
- **Stale share**: 0.33
- **Repost share**: 0.062
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Cirq** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **PennyLane** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Qiskit** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T08:13:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,158 · green card filings: 268; Filings 12m: 1158

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:7, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T09:28:51Z

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