Aliro Quantum is on a mission to enable the quantum Internet— the next big bang in computing and networking that will propel giant advances in AI, medicine, cybersecurity, materials, and so much more. Spun out of Harvard University, backed by leading VCs, and recently adding Cisco and Accenture as investors and partners, Aliro is building a universal quantum networking platform that will enable a variety of use cases including physics-based secure communications, clustered quantum computing, and quantum sensor networks. Aliro, with its software suite AliroNet™, aims to do for quantum networking what TCP/IP did for classical networking. Join us for this historic journey!
Network Security Architect
The Network Security Architect will help shape our solutions for Quantum Secure Communications (“QSC”). The ideal candidate has deep experience with network security products and services, and is very familiar with how these products are deployed and used by Enterprises, Government entities, and Service Providers. This is a great opportunity for a seasoned networking pro who’s excited by the prospect of defining and building the next generation of secure networks.
Responsibilities
- User Research - Liaise with key stakeholders at DOD labs, Intelligence Community organizations,
Network Service Providers, and commercial clients in financial services and other security-conscious
industries; conduct user interviews and develop user stories. - Roadmap Collaboration - Act as the customer voice in collaboration with our CPO, Engineering
leadership and Advisors to develop a roadmap tuned to customer needs. - Product Strategy - work with the team to strategize the best integration point for QSC with specific
customers and their existing classical network stack. - Product Definition - Help define and communicate our product offerings to market stakeholders,
prospects and customers with emphasis on security applications and protocols. - User Experience - Work with our product design resources to develop great user experiences. Interface with customers to pilot our solution usability and gather feedback for further iteration.
- Competitive Research - Perform ongoing competitive analysis to ensure Aliro is ahead and differentiated in the secure quantum networking market.
- Ecosystem Research - Identify strategic partner targets; collaborate with the senior leadership team to land and nurture these partnerships.
- Proposal Assistance - As a pro in explaining our solution value and function, assist in drafting proposals and grant applications.
Qualifications
- 10+ years product development/technical experience in network security
- Proven track record architecting/designing/shipping complex security products
- Deep experience with current best practices for enterprise and government cybersecurity and cryptographic protocols
- Ability to assess the security proofs, standards docs, and side-channel attack surfaces of QSC protocols and hardware. Use these assessments to help shape our product and supplier strategy
- Experience with quantum technologies a plus
- Experience with quantum networking protocols a plus, for example BBM92 protocol a plus
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience writing grant proposals a plus
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Senior Software Engineer (C++, Linux) - Network Stack Team
Aliro is developing foundational technologies in Quantum Networking and Communications. As a senior member of our team, you will be contributing to this foundation by helping us develop a quantum network stack. We are looking for someone who is motivated and excited by the opportunity to engage in a transformative field of research and engineering.
We are seeking a Senior level C++ software developer to join our growing team.
You will work with our Network Stack team designing new software systems and components for Quantum Networking.
What you’ll do
- Leverage your very strong software engineering and objected oriented design skills and experience to help us develop a quantum networking stack.
- Be an integral part of defining the next generation of quantum infrastructure and technology as you build the software needed to make quantum networks a reality.
Required background
- 8+ years of professional experience writing robust, enterprise-quality C++ software on Linux-based systems.
- Very strong objected oriented design background.
- Experience designing and building new software subsystems (vs modifying or fixing existing ones).
- Experience designing and building software for testability and maintainability.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Must play well with others.
- Excellent debugging skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
- Comfortable working in a new field and designing software from scratch.
- Good understanding of the software development life cycle.
- Experience with Agile/SCRUM development methodologies.
Desired background
- Quantum computing experience or training, either professionally or as a passion.
- Experience working at an early-stage startup is highly desired.
- Experience with Python and Pytest.
- Experience with GoogleTest and gMock.
- Experience with CMake
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Senior Software Engineer (Embedded) - Network Stack Team
Aliro is developing foundational technologies in Quantum Networking and Communications. As a senior member of our team, you will be contributing to this foundation by helping us develop a quantum network stack. We are looking for someone who is motivated and excited by the opportunity to engage in a transformative field of research and engineering.
We are seeking a Senior level C++ software developer to join our growing team.
You will work with our Network Stack team designing new software systems and components for Quantum Networking at an embedded, device level..
What you’ll do
- Leverage your very strong software engineering and objected oriented design skills and experience to help us develop a quantum networking stack.
- Be an integral part of defining the next generation of quantum infrastructure and technology as you build the software needed to make quantum networks a reality.
Required background
- 8+ years of professional experience writing robust, enterprise-quality C++ software on Linux-based systems.
- Very strong objected oriented design background.
- Experience writing low-level OS drivers, experience in the Linux kernel, systems level coding experience, RTOS, microcontrollers, etc.
- Experience designing and building new software subsystems (vs modifying or fixing existing ones).
- Experience designing and building software for testability and maintainability.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Must play well with others.
- Excellent debugging skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
- Comfortable working in a new field and designing software from scratch.
- Good understanding of the software development life cycle.
- Experience with Agile/SCRUM development methodologies.
Desired background
- Experience with digital signal processing.
- Quantum computing experience or training, either professionally or as a passion.
- Experience working at an early-stage startup is highly desired.
- Experience with Python and Pytest.
- Experience with GoogleTest and gMock.
- Experience with CMake
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Quantum Physicist
As a Quantum Physicist you will have a diverse role in the company, though your primary responsibility will be to aid in the development of Aliro’s Quantum Network Simulator, which is used both externally to simulate and validate customers’ quantum network designs, as well as internally to drive the development and testing of Aliro’s network control protocols. In particular, you will eventually be expected to take partial or full ownership over the Simulator’s capacity to accurately model photonic devices and processes, and to work directly with customers to ensure that we are accurately modeling their systems.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with the rest of the simulation team to expand the breadth and accuracy of physical models offered by the Simulator, from ideation to design and implementation.
- Validate the Simulator against real world systems, and work with customers to develop accurate physical simulations of their testbeds networks.
- Contribute to original quantum networking research.
- Graduate degree in quantum-related field of physics
- Strong, intuitive, and broad expertise in quantum mechanics, quantum information, and in photonics / quantum optics / light-matter interaction.
- Significant experience in computational physics and/or simulation.
- Strong Python and object-oriented programming skills.
- Experience performing and publishing high-quality research.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership over projects.
Bonus Background
- Expertise that would be especially handy:
- Free-space or fiber quantum communication
- Linear optical quantum computing
- Photonic circuits
- Quantum error correction and fault tolerant computing
- Photonic entanglement preparation and distribution
- QKD
- Quantum transduction
- Experience contributing robust code to large-scale projects; comfort with git workflows and pytest will be helpful.
- Experience working with quantum programming and/or simulation packages such as Cirq, Qiskit, and Strawberry Fields.
- Experience writing and running optimization algorithms.
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Backend Software Developer
Aliro is developing foundational technologies in Quantum Networking and Communications. We are looking for experienced engineers who want to make critical and ambitious contributions to this exciting new field. Your role will have a particular focus on Django server side REST API development, as well as integration with network management systems. Successful applicants will be creative, thoughtful, and display a fearless approach to problem solving. At least one year of full time professional backend web development experience, or equivalent open source contributions, is required. Django experience is preferred. We are also looking for candidates with experience integrating web backends with other complex systems; these may include network management systems, infrastructure systems, data science systems, etc. GitHub contributions or other publicly available work is a huge plus. Quantum experience is not necessary! (But an interest in quantum helps.).
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with teammates to build software for orchestrating quantum networking experiments and quantum network management.
- Implement database models and REST APIs using Django.
- Integrate the Django backend with device drivers, NETCONF interfaces, and other network management technologies.
- Write automated tests using pytest.
- Solve problems related to web backend optimization and network data modeling.
- Be an integral part of defining the next generation of quantum infrastructure and technology as you build the tools to make the quantum network a reality.
Required Background
- At least one year of full time professional backend web development experience, or equivalent open source contributions
- Experience integrating web backends with other systems
- Demonstrated creative problem solving ability
- Comfortable working in a new field from a ‘blank sheet of paper’.
- Good communication and collaboration skills
Bonus Background
- GitHub contributions
- Django experience
- Docker experience
- Familiarity with computer networking concepts (switching, addressing, ports, TCP, etc.)
- Interest in quantum computing
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