# Principal Software Engineer

- Company: [Atomcomputing](<https://jobstar.asia/company/atomcomputing>)
- Location: Boulder, CO
- Team: Software Engineering
- Employment type: Full-time
- Posted: June 21, 2026

## Job description

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a talented team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for the software platform that orchestrates our quantum computers. In this role, you'll set the technical direction for a core area of our stack: the systems that coordinate quantum computing workloads, interface with the hardware control and calibration systems, and manage the experimental data our systems produce, while driving the architecture of our next-generation systems. Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading the technical direction of a focused set of projects, partner with the team that owns our hardware control and compilation systems, and collaborate closely with our quantum engineers.
This is a primarily backend role with occasional frontend work. Our backend services are written in Python and Rust, and our frontend components are written in TypeScript/React. Many of our services run directly on the quantum computers themselves, in a Linux environment, so you'll be writing and guiding software that operates close to the hardware.
This role is based in our Boulder, CO or Austin, TX office.

## Apply

[Apply on Atomcomputing](<https://jobs.lever.co/atomcomputing/f5351968-3b6b-45be-a977-50a2fee553e3>)

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