# Software Development Manager - Quantum Software

About Xanadu:Xanadu’s mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. At Xanadu, we are learners, innovators, researchers, collaborators and problem solvers. We are creating something that has never been built before. What we are doing is extremely hard, the classic moon shot. Few people in their life will be able to be a part of something like this, where if we are successful, the technologies we develop will solve some of the world’s most challenging problems, and literally change the world. And that is something to be excited about! Your role and responsibilities: Xanadu is looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to lead the PennyLane Core Quantum Software team. The team is developing PennyLane, an open-source framework for quantum computing, quantum machine learning, and quantum chemistry. Although experience working on quantum software is not required for the role, an advanced scientific degree is strongly preferred. You will: Manage a team of 7-10 developers to build new features and improve performance of the PennyLane framework. Work with Product Managers to define direction and roadmap for the team. Participate in s

- **Id**: 1681552
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xanadu-ai-software-development-manager-quantum-software>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Toronto, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-17T13:04:31Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T19:52:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 82
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3731
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Computing Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 698
- **Name**: Xanadu
- **Domain**: xanadu.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xanadu-ai>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: HiBob

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 56000
- **Max usd**: 130000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 294

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **PennyLane** — Optional: no
- **JAX** — Optional: yes
- **PyTorch** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 82

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Management years min**: 2
- **Team size min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-02T09:45:59Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 23
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.638
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 81
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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