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Alice & Bob is hiring a Senior HPC Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Drive performance improvements of scientific computing tools using SOTA HPC techniques across CPU and GPU architectures in both cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Profile, diagnose, and resolve performance bottlenecks at all levels (e.g., algorithm design, software implementation, hardware-level optimization).
  • Build and scale distributed simulation pipelines to support increasingly complex quantum system models.

Requirements

  • PhD or Master’s degree in scientific computing, applied mathematics, or computer science.
  • 5+ years of experience in designing, developing, testing, maintenance, and performance optimization of production-grade scientific software, including a minimum of 2 years in an industrial environment.
  • Strong programming expertise in Python, JAX and Rust.
  • Demonstrated HPC skills, spanning CPU parallelization (MPI, OpenMP), GPU computing, scheduling and orchestration of workloads across heterogeneous systems, performance profiling and optimization.
  • Good knowledge of finite precision arithmetics and numerical methods for linear algebra.
  • Professional-level English proficiency, both written and spoken.

Nice to Have

  • Strong delivery mindset with a focus on impact and execution.
  • Excellent teamwork, communication, and documentation skills.
  • Hands-on experience operating within agentic AI environments, following established best practices.

Benefits

  • Own it with our BSPCE plan
  • Direct IP Compensation: Earn substantial bonuses for driving the core patents that define our quantum architecture.
  • Flexible remote policy, up to 40 % a month
  • A Parental plan including additional benefits such as crèche support or additional days-off to take care of under 12 years old children
  • Subsidized membership with Urban Sports Club
  • Mental health support with moka.care
  • 25-day vacation policy (as per French law) + RTT
  • Half of transportation cost coverage (as per French law), or yearly allowance for the die-hard bicycle users
  • Competitive health coverage, with Alan.
  • Meal vouchers with Swile, as well as access to a fully equipped and regularly stocked kitchen
  • French language courses covered by the company for those interested

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Additional Information

  • Professional-level English proficiency, both written and spoken.
Required Skills
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Job Details
Location Paris
Work mode Hybrid
Employment Full-time
Department Platform – Simulation Engine
Category other
Posted 13 days ago
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Develops the first universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer based on superconducting Schrödinger cat qubits to solve the world’s hardest problems. Competes with tech giants like Google and IBM.
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