Senior Software Development Engineer Quantum Runtime Systems, Amazon Braket

Amazon Braket is evolving to support fault-tolerant quantum computing. We need a Senior SDE who can build high-performance systems infrastructure for quantum workloads - the kind of engineer who thinks about latency budgets resource lifecycle and how to make hardware accessible through clean software abstractions.

If you have a background in device drivers OS kernels embedded systems or low-latency distributed infrastructure and you want to apply that expertise to a fundamentally new kind of computing device this role is for you.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement interfaces that connect Brakets infrastructure to quantum hardware with minimal overhead
- Build session management memory management and execution control systems for quantum device interactions
- Optimize the critical path between customer workloads and quantum processors for minimal latency and maximum throughput
- Collaborate with the existing Workload Execution team on shared runtime infrastructure (brokers scheduling resource management)
- Work within Brakets established code review and operational readiness processes when contributing to shared production systems
- Work with quantum hardware providers to define and evolve integration specifications
- Contribute to the architectural evolution of Brakets execution stack for fault-tolerant workloads

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- Experience designing protocol-level interfaces (gRPC custom binary protocols or similar)

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually