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2025 round one during week of April 21st, not toning down online profiles:
  • Paris quantum computing
    • Alice&Bob:
      • jobs.lever.co/alice-bob/2acf8f0c-6947-41ad-b30f-9779a1b49681 Senior Software Engineer, Framework team
        I'm looking to do a meaningful job in a deeptech field, and quantum computing seems like it could become huge. I've learnt a few basics, and would like to go further with job experience in the area.
        Salary: 90k.
        Rejected after first interview with the hiring manager. They said they wanted someone with more experience setting up CI/CD.
      • 2025-07-03 jobs.lever.co/alice-bob/b4632e27-cf56-4570-84bb-d56a169d1c43 Senior Software Engineer - Cloud. Webdev. I don't really want to do this, but it's a way in. Asking salary: 70k. Rejected 2025-07-11.
    • Pasqal: careers.pasqal.com/jobs/5817098-software-development-engineer-integration Software Development Engineer Integration
      I'm looking to do a meaningful job in a deeptech field, and quantum computing seems like it could become huge. I've learnt a few basics, and would like to go further with job experience in the area.
      I can handle Linux low level stuff, C, C++, Python, PostgresQL and some React. Rust I haven't touched but it's on my TODO list!
      Application auto-reply also points to:which is cool.
      Rejected 1 week later without interview even though my CV seemed like a perfect match for this job. Sent an email to the contributors of Pulser.
      I applied for this job careers.pasqal.com/jobs/5817098-software-development-engineer-integration but got rejected by HR lady without interview.
      Pinging you guys here just in case because sometimes my profiles scare the HR people and then when I ping the programmers they like me. I grabbed your emails from GitHub.
      If you're having a hard time finding someone for this job, do let me know, my profile seemed like a good fit and I would like to get into quantum.
      Hope this doesn't come off as too cocky, maybe you are swamped with good applicants, but I had to try.
      After the application they keep sending you relevant new job openings, which was really good, applying to another one:
      • 2025-06-20 careers.pasqal.com/jobs/6075845-embedded-software-engineer-w-m Embedded Software engineer
        Why are you a good match for this role?
        I like and know low level programming. I like and don't know (much) physics and I want to learn more. I like finding creative solutions to problems. I'm seriously interested in getting some experience in quantum computing as it could be really promising.
        Why Pasqal?
        I want to get into quantum computing in France, and there are only 5 major hardware companies and I'm applying to each of them when there's a job that seems that I can do. I don't know enough to pick the one with the tech that is most promising to win, though it seems no one can at this point. Being in Massy, a little further from central Paris, is a plus, I like quieter areas.
        Rejected 2025-07-03.
    • C12 Quantum Electronics
      • 2025-06-20 Senior Measurement Software Engineer jobs.lever.co/c12qe/0b27ff8c-a094-4da4-ba32-2ecd55ae6233
        I am interested in getting into quantum computing because the this field seems like it could be promising. My wife is French and working for a French company in Paris and we are looking to relocate to the greater Paris region. I've heard good things from the company. I have only done basic undergrad physics in university but I'm very interested in learning more from a more concrete point of view, AMO seems really cool. I can handle low level programming well.
        Rejected 3 days later.
    • Welinq: none yet but add to loop
    • Quandela: none yet but add to loop
  • UK quantum computing:
  • DeepMind:
    • As evidenced by my Stack Exchange contributions, I love trying out new software to see if it works and how well. I love benchmarking it. And I love documenting what I observed in great detail to help others to choose the best software for them. I also love meeting various new people and understanding what they are up to and how I can help.
      I hate inefficient workflows, and have been know in previous jobs to step up to fix them out of my own initiative.
      I am looking for an impactful and meaningful job, and being in a company that is one of the top contenders to achieve AGI, the most important development every by humankind, fits the bill.
      Turned down two days later before anything.
    • job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/jobs/6576118 Software Engineer, Hardware Design
      At ARM and AMD I've worked on various different parts of the hardware cycle, notably C++ emulation and low level software. I just get this strong feeling that hardware and low level software design should be the easiest thing for machines to automate, as it is the area that requires the least amount of "common sense" information about the world.
  • Paris machine learning:
Big tech:
* Google. Many jobs in London, nothing in Paris. www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results
* www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/91141790538572486-senior-software-engineer-google-pixel-graphics Senior Software Engineer, Google Pixel Graphics. Went through entire interview process but LeetCode not good enough. Non-Leetcode went great.
* www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/96937277808091846-senior-software-engineer-pixel-graphics-gpu-software Senior Software Engineer, Pixel Graphics, GPU Software
* 2025-07-22 www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/113249786332619462-senior-software-engineer Senior Software Engineer, TPU Performance, Hardware/Software Co-Design. Hopeless but one must try.
* Amazon, focusing on AWS of course. Lots of jobs in London, nothing in Paris: www.amazon.jobs/en-gb/
* 2025-06-20
* www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2915117/software-development-engineer-aws-uk Software Development Engineer, AWS Utility Computing
* www.amazon.jobs/en-gb/jobs/2884321/systems-development-engineer-database-services Systems Development Engineer, Database Services. Rejected two days later on a Sunday, nice.
* www.amazon.jobs/en-gb/jobs/2530616/senior-systems-development-engineer Senior Systems Development Engineer
* www.amazon.jobs/en-gb/jobs/2902679/senior-systems-engineer Senior Systems Engineer
* Apple Inc., focusing on low level and or embedded bullshit just to see if they give interviews:
* jobs.apple.com/en-gb/details/200523081/swe-kernel-engineer-coreos
* jobs.apple.com/en-gb/details/200577840/gpu-driver-engineer-kernel-firmware first received an email saying I would get an interview. But then they 180'ed a few hours later with some excuse. But the job announcement was still up.
* jobs.apple.com/en-gb/details/200604360/virtualisation-engineer
* Microsoft: a few jobs in London, very few in Paris
* Facebook: several boring jobs in London, a few research jobs in Paris
Keywords:
  • GPU
  • C++
  • Linux
  • systems software
  • numerical software
  • robotics

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