Front-End Engineer

Job Title: Front-End Engineer — Center for Quantum Computing (AWS). Location: Pasadena, California. This job is posted by Quantum Jobs USA, on the behalf of Amazon Careers.
 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with research scientists, program managers, and software engineers to gather requirements and translate scientific needs into user-centric web applications.
• Build, test, and maintain intuitive web interfaces for managing experimental configurations, device fabrication workflows, and QA processes.
• Translate complex user stories into maintainable frontend architectures using React and TypeScript;
• Participate in the full development lifecycle, from architecture to deployment and iteration, ensuring software quality and stability.
• Contribute to backend systems where necessary and integrate with Python-based scientific tools.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of frontend engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience with React and TypeScript;
• Experience in backend development and system design

Preferred:

• Familiarity working in scientific or research-focused environments
• Understanding of quantum computing concepts or willingness to learn (e.g., fault tolerance, experimental workflows)
• Experience building internal tools or scientific instrumentation interfaces
• Prior work with AWS services and Python development;
• Strong communication and documentation skills