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.
9 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
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (110)
python10
distributed-computing10
deep-learning10
qiskit10
optimization10
quantum-algorithms10
neural-network10
qml10
quantum-computing10
jax10
cirq10
automatic-differentiation10
tensorflow10
autograd10
autodiff10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
astralcai/scrabbler
Apr 2018 - May 2021
A smart move generator for Scrabble to be run in a Python console
Contributions:20 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
python
Queens-Physics/qexpy
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Python-3 package for data-analysis in undergraduate laboratories.
Contributions:2 releases, 10 reviews, 187 commits in 4 years 2 months
data-analysispython
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