Senior Quantum HPC Software Engineer

Qubit Pharmaceuticals is looking for a Senior quantum HPC software engineer to develop and maintain the Hyperion quantum emulator.

The perfect fit for this job

At Qubit Pharmaceuticals, we are looking for candidates who are quick at adapting to new challenges and issues. A senior quantum HPC software engineer who is willing to learn, meets the needs of users and works in a collaborative process with other teammates and across multiple teams.

Your role

• As a member of the Quantum team, you will be responsible for the full HPC software development cycle, including coding, testing, optimization, maintenance, debugging, porting.

• Compiling new versions of codes for different HPC clusters and making them available for users.

• Providing technical support to users.

• Writing technical documentations for user support on HPC.

• Taking part in weekly Quantum team meetings.

• Implementing new algorithms in codes as required by users.

• Proactively work on optimization of codes using various profiling tools.

• Reporting monthly activities.

• Taking part in scientific article writings.

Your Qualifications

• Master degree or equivalent in Applied Maths / Computer Science / Physics / Chemistry.

• PhD in Quantum Chemistry/Physics with HPC code development is strongly preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years work experience (including PhD) is required.

• Knowledge of quantum computing and tensor networks is strongly preferred.

• Proficiency in at least one of the following GPU programming paradigms:

  • OpenMP/OpenACC
  • CUDA/HIP/SYCL

• Advanced hands-on experience in C++ and Python are required.

• Distributed memory (multi-node) programming (MPI).

• Working on HPC clusters (Slurm, HPC software installations etc.).

• Code optimization:

  • Compiler tuning (GCC, NVC++, CCE).
  • Profiler tools (nsight, vtune, gprof, rocprof, valgrind, etc.).
  • Porting code for different GPU architectures (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel).

• Linux code building tools (make, cmake etc. ).

• Good knowledge of Containerization technologies (Docker, Singularity).

• Knowledge of CI/CD & version control Git.

• Open-source code development and maintenance is valuable.

The proposal benefits & perks

• Duration: Full time – Permanent

• Starting date: September 2024

• Salary according to profile

• Health insurance and provident fund 100% covered

• Lunch vouchers worth €9 covered at 50%.

• Possibility of remote work for 2 days per week.

• Location: Paris 14th arrondissement