Microsoft
Quantum Error Correction Software Engineer
$120K–$304K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 28, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Santa Barbara, CA - Experience
- Required: 1+ years with a doctorate, 3+ years with a master's, or 4+ years with a bachelor's in software industry experience; alternatively equivalent experience. Also requires 4+ years programming experience and 4+ years in a collaborative environment. Preferred: 3+ years with a doctorate, 6+ years with a master's, or 8+ years with a bachelor's in software industry experience, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Doctorate, master's, or bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develop software infrastructure and quantum error-correction implementations to evaluate fault-tolerance strategies and support scalable quantum computing systems.
What you'll do
- Design infrastructure for evaluating quantum-computing fault-tolerance strategies with theorists and experimentalists.
- Advance quantum error-correction codes for logical and physical qubit architectures.
- Support research and experimentation to build scalable, resilient quantum computers.
What they ask for
- Degree in a listed field or equivalent experience, with the specified software-industry experience: doctorate plus 1+ years, master's plus 3+ years, or bachelor's plus 4+ years.
- 4+ years programming experience in related programming languages.
- 4+ years experience in a collaborative environment.
- Ability to apply AI to accelerate engineering while developing shipping and prototype code, and to use AI tools for innovation and efficiency.
Nice to have
- Doctorate plus 3+ years, master's plus 6+ years, or bachelor's plus 8+ years of software-industry experience, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with HPC, scientific programming, and/or computational problems in other areas of mathematics.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base pay); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base pay); USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base pay); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base pay)
Tools
HPC
AI focus
Apply AI to accelerate engineering for shipping and prototype code; use AI tools for performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, and task automation.
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