Software Manager​/Senior Software Manager

Salary & Benefits : Competitive

Department: Systems

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (Chief Technology Officer, once appointed)

Job Type: Full time, permanent

Location: Central London, on-site four days a week

Travel: Occasional international travel, typically 3–4 trips a year

ORCA Computing (“ORCA”) is at the forefront of a new era in high-performance computing, developing full-stack photonic quantum systems designed to transform how organisations tackle machine learning, generative AI, and complex optimisation challenges. Headquartered in London, ORCA has delivered eleven on-premises quantum computers worldwide – demonstrating that its technology is not theoretical but already delivering real world results.

At the core of ORCA’s innovation is its hybrid quantum-classical architecture, engineered for seamless integration into existing AI and HPC infrastructure. Its current PT-2 system, a rack-mounted quantum computer, connects directly to GPU clusters via NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q platform, enabling accelerated AI workloads with significantly lower energy consumption than traditional silicon-based systems. Backed by a strong portfolio of patent families spanning photonic integrated circuits, quantum memory, and multiplexing technologies, ORCA is enabling enterprises, research institutions, and HPC operators to unlock new levels of performance, efficiency, and scalability.

As ORCA prepares to launch its next-generation PT-3 system, the company is entering a pivotal phase of growth and technological advancement. Its solutions are already being embedded into generative AI pipelines, delivering measurable improvements in model performance, while also addressing the rising energy demands of large-scale AI adoption. With a focus on practical deployment and a clear roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computing, ORCA is leading the development and deployment of quantum technology, providing a commercially viable path to the future of computing.

ORCA’s systems are running in production with customers in data centres around the world. We are now looking for a Software Manager to take ownership of the software that controls and operates them, and to lead the team that builds it.

Collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering and technical teams, you will lead design and evolution of ORCA’s quantum software stack, creating a robust, maintainable platform that meets the reliability, latency and operability standards customers expect of data-centre infrastructure. You will be accountable for the team, for the platform, and for how the software performs at customer sites.

• Lead the architecture, technical direction and lifecycle of ORCA’s low-level software stack, leading a transition towards a robust, production-grade platform aimed at integration with data centre infrastructure – compute, resource orchestration, networking, security and operational tooling – establishing clear standardised interfaces and long-term extensibility along ORCA’s roadmap.
• Provide escalation support for ORCA’s Customer Success team leading root-cause analysis, communicating clearly with customers and internal stakeholders, and make sure fixes stick.
• Lead, manage and develop the software engineering team. Set clear priorities and standards, lead performance reviews and develop and agree team resourcing plans.
• Be responsible for updating and delivering against the software roadmap determining the priority of new features and upgrades from discussions with the customer and commercial and the technical teams.
• Continually improve the performance of the software stack, focussing on latency, throughput, uptime and recovery, working with the optical and hardware…