Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Services - £70-75k

OQC is offering an opportunity for an experienced developer to work with a cross-functional team of skilled software innovators and domain experts to make accessible Quantum Computing a reality.

Our well funded and expanding company takes pride in the development and growth opportunities we offer our team members and in the rewarding work culture we cultivate at every level of the organisation.

About You

As an experienced senior software engineer and a self-starter who thrives in a collaborative environment that would enjoy mentoring and coordinating a team of motivated engineers, advocating for high standards of practice, whilst also remaining hands-on at coding.

You will have a proven track record of designing, developing, and testing in an agile environment; using your extensive Python coding skills and knowledge of cloud-native technologies and microservices to deploy to geographically distributed environments.

You are a motivated problem solver, continuously developing and expanding your skillset to ensure you have the tools to meet new challenges. You are curious, flexible and accountable with a personal drive to meet commitments.

About the Role

In this role, you will also develop and maintain critical tools supporting business development and management of Quantum computing services. The core focus is on evolving our established QCaaS (Quantum Computing as a Service) platform and developing solutions for a variety of challenges encountered by our partners and end-users. 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Owning the development lifecycle for assigned projects from the gathering of requirements through to final product deployment
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide updates on project progress
• Create and collaborate on architecture decisions for new features and improvement
• Uphold development standards and prioritize best coding practices
• Mentoring and coaching less-experienced developers, helping them improve their skills, learn best practices, and grow professionally
• Contribute code directly as we continually iterate
• Debugging issues in development and production
• Building rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts for new ideas
• Representing OQC in external networking settings

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience delivering and maintaining production grade web services and Rest APIs using an industry-standard Python framework
• Experience writing thoroughly designed, modern, maintainable code and a strong understanding of common data structures and design patterns
• Experience of taking ownership of projects and coordinating work within a team
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and test software using modern software development practices (e.g. automated testing, Agile framework, Continuous Integration, etc.)
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and analysis skills
• Technically versatile and able to learn new skills that you can apply across multiple types of work

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Containerisation technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience in building web applications and working knowledge of one or more of JavaScript/Typescript, React/Node.js
• Expertise in Flask web framework
• Experience in message brokers such as RabbitMQ
• Expertise in relational databases, ORM and PL/SQL
• Experience with microservice architectures
• Public cloud platforms (e.g. Azure)
• IAM, OAuth 2.0, etc.

Researchhas shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have solid experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel you only are a 75% match. Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot.

At OQC, we see a brighter future for all, enabled by quantum, to find out more visit -https://oqc.tech/company/working-here/ 

Are you ready to help us build this future?

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Please use the link provided to apply for the role of Senior Software Engineer.  To aid your application, it will be beneficial to provide us with a cover letter outlining why you think you would be a good fit for the role and what attracts you to OQC. We look forward to hearing from you!

At OQC we are not just hoping you’ll fit in our culture. We aspire to thrive, as a company and as people, thanks to your diversity of thought and background. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing our team members with a work environment free from discrimination, where everyone is treated with respect. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, talent and merit and all our colleagues share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to diversity. We look forward to meeting you!