Summary
Alex Laurent is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 13 years of experience building firmware, developer tools, and quantum-classical control systems. Currently leading architecture for IonQ’s control system and hybrid quantum/classical projects, he designs compilers and hardware-aware scheduling for quantum-native gates. His background spans embedded firmware, apps, DevOps and tooling from startups to STMicroelectronics, where he shipped drivers and automated developer workflows in C/C++ and Python. A pragmatic engineer who values productivity (Emacs, tmux) and low-level craftsmanship, he brings both hands-on implementation skills and systems-level design to bridge hardware and software. Notably, he’s led cross-disciplinary teams to define quantum control architectures while still enjoying tinkering with languages like Rust.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Engineering at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique
French, English, Spanish