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In this role, you will develop the Kipu Quantum Hub, create backend services and APIs, and build agents with a focus on quality and automation, supported by CI/CD pipelines in a cloud-native architecture.
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Your role in the team
- On the Kipu Quantum Hub, customers build quantum solutions for optimization and machine learning and run them on real hardware, with algorithms, REST APIs, and SDKs all in one place.
- AI agents are at the heart of our product.
- Tinkuq, the matchmaker, tells users honestly whether quantum computing is worth it for their problem.
- Paqari, our agentic platform, then helps to engineer the approach.
- It helps write and run the code, and builds the complete quantum-classical solution as a service in the Hub runtime.
- We are looking for an experienced software engineer who builds cloud-native systems end to end and brings deep expertise in agentic AI.
- You will work across the Kipu Quantum Hub, from backend services and APIs to frontend and infrastructure, with a clear focus on the agents at the core of our product and on how we use agents to build software ourselves.
- You care about maintainable, tested and observable software, short feedback loops and real user value.
- You know that agents only deliver reliably when the engineering around them is right: clean architecture, good tests, clear specs and fast delivery.
- Build the platform end to end: Design, build and run backend services, APIs and frontends of the Kipu Quantum Hub in a cloud-native architecture on Kubernetes in the public cloud.
- Shape the architecture: Make architecture decisions for distributed systems, including microservices, asynchronous messaging and API design, and keep the system easy to change.
- Raise the engineering bar: Help us ship small changes to production frequently and safely, with good automated tests and CI/CD.
- Agentic AI focus – product: Develop the agents in our product and make them reliable through evaluations, monitoring, and cost control.
- Agentic AI focus - integration: Build the interfaces (e.g. MCP) that let LLMs work safely with our APIs, quantum services and hardware backends.
- Agentic engineering focus – how we build: Help us make AI coding agents a productive, reliable part of how the team builds software.
- Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with quantum physicists and data scientists, and help the entire team grow through pairing and feedback.
Our expectations of you
Education
- A degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Qualifications
- Strong skills in at least one of our main languages (Java, TypeScript, Python) and willingness to work across the stack.
- A good understanding of software architecture and API design.
- A strong focus on code quality, automated testing and continuous delivery.
- Excellent English and German skills.
- You use AI coding agents in your daily work and have a feel for where they help and where they need guardrails.
- Some exposure to quantum computing or other deep-tech and research environments. Quantum knowledge is not required, but curiosity about it is.
Experience
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally building cloud-based products.
- Experience with containers and a major cloud provider; Kubernetes is a plus.
- Experience building LLM-based applications, for example with RAG, tool use, or an agent framework.
- Experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Experience evaluating LLM or agent quality.
What we offer
- A senior engineering role at the intersection of generative AI and quantum computing, with plenty of room to shape our architecture, engineering practices, and agents.
- Collaboration with quantum physicists, algorithm teams and hardware partners worldwide, in a team that values short feedback loops, ownership and real user value.
- A role with real ownership.
- Flexible working hours and the option to work remotely.
- An international team based in Berlin and remotely.
- Contributions toward public transport or shopping vouchers.
- 30 vacation days.
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About your employer
Kipu Quantum is a German quantum computing startup with offices in Berlin and Karlsruhe. The company works on application-specific quantum algorithms and implements them into usable software solutions for clients from various industries. Since its founding in 2021, Kipu Quantum has focused on advanced solutions in quantum computing.
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- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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