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Lead Software Engineer - Photonic Ecosystem (f/m/d)

📍 Location
Stuttgart
⏰ Job Type
full_time
📅 Posted
June 19, 2026

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Location: Stuttgart or Munich, Germany
Type: Full-time, hybrid (max. 1-2 days remote work per week)

The future of AI computing builds on light. Q.ANT is building photonic processing systems that compute with light - delivering a scalable, energy-efficient alternative to transistor-based architectures for next-generation AI and HPC applications.
 
As Lead Software Engineer, Photonic Ecosystem (f/m/d), you will own Q.ANT’s presence and credibility in the open source software ecosystem. Your mission is to make photonic computing accessible out of the box - ensuring that default installations of frameworks like PyTorch, JAX and vllm can leverage Q.ANT’s photonic hardware without friction. You will drive the photonic enablement of base libraries and AI frameworks from design through upstream acceptance and long-term maintenance, and serve as Q.ANT's trusted focal point in open source development communities. In this role, you will bri...

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