Scientific Software Engineer - Developer Experience at QuEra Computing, Inc.
Boston, MA
$102,400–$166,400from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A developer experience engineering role focused on shaping the usability of a neutral-atom quantum computing software stack while its language semantics, compiler architecture, and APIs are still being designed. Day-to-day work spans prototyping error messages and visualizations, contributing to the error model across compiler passes, improving developer workflows, and helping define standard library primitives — all in close collaboration with a compiler team working across Rust and Python layers.
Mid level · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled simply 'Developer Experience' (or similar) with no level — the posting explicitly says QuEra is hiring across levels (junior through senior), so advertised seniority is Unspecified. Seniority is assessed as Mid because the posting describes a wide band and the lower anchor is explicitly junior/guided work; the requirements themselves do not demand senior-level org-wide scope.
Rust and Python are listed in the Qualifications section with firm language ('Comfortable reading and writing both Rust … and Python') and are treated as hard gates.
LSP servers, linters, compiler frontends, SDK APIs, and notebook tooling are mentioned as examples of qualifying developer-facing tooling experience; LSP is captured as a representative named technology from that list, marked preferred since the posting frames these as illustrative examples of background rather than a specific gate.
Python packaging and the scientific Python ecosystem appear under Preferred Qualifications.
Kirin (the internal IR infrastructure) and Bloqade (the open-source SDK) are QuEra-internal product names, not industry-standard technologies, so they are not emitted as skills.
SSA-based compiler stack experience is mentioned as something the candidate will 'grow into' — not a gate — and names no specific tool, so it is omitted.
Equity grants are offered in addition to base salary, per the posting.
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