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The Quantum AI team aims to build useful quantum computers and discover new applications where they outperform classical machines. One of our key challenges is the protection of quantum information from noise. To that end, we encode quantum information in a quantum error correcting (QEC) code.

In this role, you will design and develop QEC software components and their integration into the qubit control stack of Google's quantum computers.

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• Design, implement, and deploy new features and software components that improve performance and extend capabilities of QEC software (e.g., simulators, circuit generators, syndrome decoders, benchmarking and evaluation tools, etc.).
  
• Collaborate with software and electronics teams to integrate QEC software into the qubit control stack.
  
• Configure, optimize, and tune specialized real-time Linux workstations running QEC software.
  
• Parallelize existing software components and develop new parallel software to improve speed and scalability.
  
• Help implement good software engineering practices to ensure robust code health of QEC software.