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The core language and compiler architecture are still taking shape, and the decisions made now will determine whether the stack is a joy or a burden to program against.\nThe Role\nYou'll represent the developer's perspective while language semantics, API surfaces, and compiler architecture are still being decided - before those decisions harden. Your users: application scientists building on our stack, who need tight iteration loops, and the broader quantum research community using Bloqade, our open-source SDK, whose first impressions shape whether QuEra becomes the platform serious developers reach for.\nYou'll work closely with the compiler team building on Kirin, our shared IR infrastructure (Rust), and across the Python SDK layers built on top of it.\nResponsibilities\nShape foundation decisions: Bring a DX perspective into language design, IR architecture, and API reviews, pushing back when choices would make the stack hard to use.\nPrototype early: Build early error messages, visualizations, and workflow sketches - not to ship, but to stress-test API decisions while they're still changeable.\nHelp define the error model: Contribute to a coherent contract for how errors are represented, surfaced, and attributed across compiler passes, from the circuit-level API down.\nVisualization: Contribute to circuit diagrams, error syndrome plots, and result analysis tooling as APIs stabilize.\nDeveloper workflow: Improve the path from Bloqade program to emulation output to hardware job - CLI, error messages, actionable feedback.\nStandard libraries: Help decide what gets promoted from internal example to first-class primitive, and write the first ones.\nQualifications\nExperience building developer-facing tooling: compiler frontends, LSP servers, linters, SDK APIs, or notebook tooling.\nComfortable reading and writing both Rust (Kirin, execution layer) and Python (user-facing SDK). No compiler background required, but willing to work in the IR layer.\nStrong opinions on what \"good\" errors look like, and interest in improving them before they ship.\nInterest in influencing platform or language design, not just building on top of it.\nComfortable prototyping against unstable APIs and feeding signal back into design.\nWilling to grow into compiler engineering - you'll work closely with an SSA-based compiler stack.\nNote on level: We're hiring across levels. More senior candidates drive multi-quarter arcs from problem to design to adoption across teams; more junior candidates focus on well-scoped pieces with more guidance.\nPreferred Qualifications\nVisualization experience in technical domains (signal processing, compiler IR, timing diagrams).\nFamiliarity with Python packaging and the scientific Python ecosystem.\nPrior open-source work with an external user community.\nExposure to DSL design or compiler ergonomics.\nThe approximate base salary range for this position is $102,400 - $166,400.\nWe consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly. We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience. In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires.\nQuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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