Software Manager

Job Title

Software Manager

Role Summary

Lead the software team responsible for calibration, characterization, and control software for QuantWare's superconducting quantum processing units (QPUs). Own the calibration software roadmap, long-term architecture, and delivery for production-grade tooling used in hardware development, manufacturing, and deployment.

The role manages and grows a multidisciplinary team of senior software engineers and quantum device specialists, and coordinates technical integration with internal hardware teams and external partners.

Experience Level

Senior — requires 5+ years of professional software leadership experience, including architecting and delivering production-grade software.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include ownership of roadmap, team growth, architecture, and cross-team integration:

• Own and project-manage the calibration software roadmap; set milestones and report progress.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of senior software and domain specialists.
• Establish production-grade engineering practices, testing frameworks, and contribution models.
• Define and drive long-term software architecture and clean hardware abstraction layers.
• Coordinate technical collaboration, integration, and data hand-offs with third parties and internal teams.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience; plus items considered advantageous.

• Must-have: 5+ years of professional software leadership with a track record of delivering and maintaining production software.
• Must-have: Proven experience in engineering management: recruiting, mentoring, and retaining senior engineers and domain specialists.
• Must-have: Strong technical proficiency in the Python ecosystem and modern software architecture principles.
• Must-have: Experience designing modular package structures, hardware abstraction layers, and interfacing with third-party systems.
• Must-have: Excellent cross-functional communication and ability to collaborate with scientific domain experts.
• Nice-to-have: Experience interfacing with physical hardware, instrumentation, or complex scientific systems.
• Nice-to-have: Domain experience with superconducting quantum computing hardware or closely related fields.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: QuantWare

Headquarters: Delft, Netherlands

QuantWare develops superconducting quantum processors using its VIO™ QPU architecture to enable scalable, high‑qubit quantum computers. The company focuses on qubit chip design, cryogenic readout, and modular QPU architectures to advance performance and manufacturability.