We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Backend 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

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications using modern technologies
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code for both front-end and back-end systems
• 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 5 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:
  • Front-end: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React/Angular/Vue.js
  • Back-end: Node.js, Python, Elixir, Java, or similar
  • Database systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • RESTful APIs and web services
• 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

About the Company

At Horizon Quantum Computing, we are developing tools to simplify and expedite the process of developing software for quantum computers, a fundamentally new form of computer that exploits effects from quantum physics to process information more efficiently. We are an international team headquartered in Singapore, with key markets spread out worldwide, and a growing office in Dublin, Ireland.