Research Software Engineer

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Cambridge, UK | Full-time | Permanent | Hybrid</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Salary: £60,000 to £75,000 DOE </span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><em><span data-contrast="none">The salary range for this role is broad, as we are able to consider varying levels of experience. Any offer made will carefully take into account level of experience (including relevant industry experience), transferable relevant skills and previous relevant achievements.</span></em></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About us</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Riverlane’s&nbsp;mission is to master quantum error correction (QEC) and unlock a new age of human progress. From advances in material and climate science, to complex chemistry simulation for new drug design, quantum computers will help humanity solve some of its most important challenges. But without QEC, the industry’s defining technical challenge, such breakthroughs can never be achieved.&nbsp;&nbsp;Riverlane is the world leader in QEC technology. QEC is a complex problem that requires a range of skills,&nbsp;talent&nbsp;and passion.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW243923852 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243923852 BCX8">Having raised more than $125M in funding to date to accelerate our&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243923852 BCX8">cutting-edge</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243923852 BCX8">&nbsp;R&amp;D in quantum error correction (QEC), Riverlane partners with many of the world’s leading quantum hardware providers and government agencies to make fault-tolerant quantum computing a reality.&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243923852 BCX8">We’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243923852 BCX8">&nbsp;making remarkable progress and growing fast. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243923852 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About the role</span></strong><strong><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As a Software Engineer at&nbsp;Riverlane, you will help build the world’s first Quantum Error Correction (QEC) stack, a critical step towards making useful quantum computing a reality.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This role sits within&nbsp;Riverlane’s&nbsp;Explore research team, which focuses on advancing our decoding algorithms at the core of the QEC stack. These algorithms underpin both our product development and our research&nbsp;efforts and&nbsp;form a central part of how we push the field forward. The team brings together mathematicians,&nbsp;physicists&nbsp;and engineers, working closely across disciplines on challenging technical problems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You will collaborate directly with researchers, contributing to research code, internal&nbsp;tools&nbsp;and production software. Your work will play&nbsp;an important role&nbsp;in translating&nbsp;new ideas&nbsp;into robust, high-quality software that colleagues and customers can rely on.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you will do&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As a&nbsp;Research&nbsp;Software Engineer at&nbsp;Riverlane, your work will vary and will include:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="43" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Developing research ideas and prototypes into correct, maintainable, and </span><span data-contrast="auto">fast code.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="43" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Delivering&nbsp;reliable and optimised&nbsp;software implementations of&nbsp;cutting-edge&nbsp;decoding&nbsp;algorithm.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="43" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Maintaining and evolving&nbsp;repositories and software releases at the high engineering level.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="43" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&q