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At Horizon Quantum Computing we are pushing the frontiers of computing technology, developing tools to enable programmers to more easily harness the power of quantum processors. At Horizon, you'll have the chance to work with an outstanding team of physicists and computer scientists pushing the frontiers of one of the most exciting directions in computing technology.

Our open positions can be applied for directly from this page. However, if no suitable position is open, but you think you would be a great fit for our team, you can reach out to us at careers@horizonquantum.com.

Frontend Software Engineer

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Full Time

Engineering

Mid Level

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We are seeking a motivated and experienced Frontend Software Engineer to drive progress on the company’s UI and support the emerging field of quantum computing. The ideal candidate will bring significant expertise to a fast-growing team, having a deep technical knowledge of programming languages, frontend software development and understand backend considerations.

Good communication skills, motivation and the ability to work within a diverse team dispersed across multiple time-zones are a must. You will work closely with the Science, Product and Design teams to influence the software architecture for our development tools, and help drive progress towards the company’s vision of being the leading software developer tool for quantum programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop the frontend web application, and contribute to Horizon’s product development
• Work with other software engineers, scientists, designers, and product managers to implement, integrate, test, deploy, and maintain our products
• Maintain Horizon’s professional software development practices
• Work effectively with employees across different domains to design and implement Horizon’s products
• Innovate and solve technical problems in support of Horizon’s product development, and implement these solutions in code for integration with Horizon’s products and services
• Proactively implement the software roadmap
• Provide timely, accurate and well-researched advice to the Director of Engineering
• Implement software development best practices, identify technical gaps that need to be addressed, and recommend solutions to improve them
• Mentor junior engineers on the team to enable their progress within the company and improve on technical skills
• Maintain proper documentation of your work and present results both internally and externally
• Contribute to reports, research papers and technical documentation as maybe required by the company
• Work with other employees and external partners to develop and protect novel intellectual property relating to quantum hardware and software innovations
• Keep up to date with the latest relevant technical and software development advances

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, electronics engineering or related technology area
• At least 3 years relevant frontend software engineering experience in a high performing team
• Strong knowledge of modern software architecture, API and CLI
• Strong, demonstrable knowledge or skills in the following:
• CSS
• JavaScript and HTML
• RESTful API
• Next.js
• React
• Typescript
• Chakra UI
• Apollo Client
• React-ace
• Zustand (or Redux/Context API)
• Knowledge of code versioning tools (Git, SVN), agile methodology, and industry standard development tools.
• Experience with deploying web technologies via cloud services
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well in a team
• Excellent problem solving, coding, testing, and debugging skills
• Strong track record of shipping products, features and functionality on time, at extremely high quality
• Ability to quickly learn and ramp up on new technologies
• Passion for learning and driven to succeed
• Ready for a challenge

Desirable Requirements

• Masters Degree in Software Engineering or a related field
• CMS - Contentful (Headless Architecture, Content Modeling)
• Docker (Containerization)
• Design Tokens(Style Dictionary), Vue.js ,
• Vercel (CI/CD & Deployment)

About the Company

At Horizon Quantum, our mission is to unlock broad quantum advantage by building the software infrastructure that empowers developers to use quantum computing to solve the world’s toughest computational problems. We're bridging the gap between today’s quantum hardware and tomorrow’s applications through the creation of advanced software development tools. Triple Alpha, our integrated development environment, enables developers to write sophisticated, hardware-agnostic quantum programs at multiple levels of abstraction. Learn more at www.horizonquantum.com.

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