Qiyuan Cai
Quantum Software Developer II at Xanadu
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAstral Cai is a software engineer with nine years of experience, currently focused on quantum software development at XanaduAI in Old Toronto. She bridges classical software engineering practices with quantum computing research, contributing to tools and prototypes that make quantum algorithms more accessible to developers. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, Astral blends algorithmic insight with production-oriented engineering to move experimental code toward real-world workflows. Based in Canada, she brings a steady track record of delivering complex technical projects and an appetite for exploring emerging computation paradigms.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Applied Computing, Master of Science - MS, Applied Computing at University of TorontoBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Engineering Physics, 4.13/4.3, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Engineering Physics, 4.13/4.3 at Queen's University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (113)
python10
simulator10
photonics10
distributed-computing10
deep-learning10
qiskit10
optimization10
quantum-algorithms10
neural-network10
qml10
quantum-computing10
differentiable-programming10
jax10
cross-platform10
cirq10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
astralcai/pennylane
Nov 2022 - Mar 2024
PennyLane is a cross-platform Python library for differentiable programming of quantum computers. Train a quantum computer the same way as a neural network.
Contributions:100 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 4 months
python-librarydifferentiablepythondifferentiable-programmingquantum-computing
Queens-Physics/qexpy
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Python-3 package for data-analysis in undergraduate laboratories.
Contributions:1 release, 7 reviews, 187 commits in 4 years 2 months
undergraduatedata-analysispythondata-sciencepython-3
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