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  • D-Wave Systems
  • Full time
  • Email
  • New Haven, CT

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects within QPU calibration and automation software while coordinating work across scientists and engineering teams.
  • Develop and evaluate machine learning approaches for parameter estimation, surrogate modeling, anomaly detection, drift detection, and adaptive experiment selection.
  • Build reproducible data and model pipelines covering validation, training, versioning, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Evaluate models against numerical and statistical baselines using simulation, historical data, and controlled hardware experiments.
  • Integrate validated models into calibration workflows with operational limits, fallbacks, traceability, and failure investigation.
  • Architect and maintain Python services, REST APIs, relational data stores, and user interfaces for experimental and model results.
  • Improve testing, observability, reliability, and technical quality practices, and mentor junior and new team members.

Requirements

  • MS or higher in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • At least 6 years of professional software development experience delivering production systems and contributing to technical decisions.
  • Demonstrated ownership of machine learning initiatives from problem definition and model development through evaluation, deployment, and measurable outcomes.
  • Strong Python skills and experience with scientific computing and machine learning libraries such as NumPy, pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
  • Proficiency in another language such as Go, Java, C, or C++.
  • Practical knowledge of statistical modeling, optimization, experimental design, model evaluation, data leakage, overfitting, uncertainty, and reproducibility.
  • Experience translating scientific or engineering problems into machine learning tasks and explaining results and limitations to domain experts.
  • Experience building maintainable services and REST APIs with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL, and developing interfaces with React, Angular, Vue.js, or comparable technologies.
  • Experience with Git, AWS, automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, and code review.
  • Familiarity with LLM-based coding assistants and the ability to review their output for correctness, security, and maintainability.

Benefits

  • D-Wave describes a total rewards package including company ownership, competitive pay, equity, bonus, perks, benefits, and career growth support.
  • The role is based in New Haven.

Salary: $175k - $241k/yr

D-Wave Systems

D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. More than 100 organizations across commercial, government and research sectors trust us to address complex computational challenges using quantum computing. D-Wave is the world’s first commerc...

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