Naoki Kanazawa
Senior Scientific Software Engineer at QuEra Computing Inc.
Yokohama, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolNaoki Kanazawa is a Senior Scientific Software Engineer based in Yokohama with eight years’ experience bridging quantum science and production-grade software. With a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, he contributes to flagship open-source quantum projects like Qiskit—improving circuit visualization, pulse-level tutorials, and testing infrastructure—demonstrating both back-end engineering and technical writing strengths. Now at QuEra Computing, he applies deep domain knowledge in quantum control and verification to ship reliable tooling for hardware-aware software. Notably, his work spans from unit-level test automation to user-facing educational notebooks, showing a rare blend of rigor and communication that helps complex quantum concepts reach broader audiences.
7 years of coding experience
Doctor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Doctor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at 豊橋技術科学大学
Japanese, English
Github Skills (8)
unit-testing10
user-manual10
quantum-computing10
jupyter-notebook10
qiskit10
python10
test-automation10
matplotlib10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Qiskit/qiskit
Aug 2018 - Jan 2023
Qiskit is an open-source SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of extended quantum circuits, operators, and primitives.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Quantum Computing Software Engineer
Back-end Developer & Quantum Computing Software EngineerContributions:977 reviews, 93 commits, 195 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Naoki primarily focused on enhancing the `qiskit/qiskit` repository by implementing new features and addressing bugs within the quantum circuit visualization components. Their work involved adding a margin option and refining the Matplotlib circuit drawer. Furthermore, the user contributed to fixing issues related to control lines and classical registers, as well as implementing new functionalities, such as the option to reverse qubit order within the drawer. Overall, these contributions improved the utility and usability of the Qiskit library for quantum circuit representation and visualization.
pythonquantum-circuitsquantum-computingcircuitsquantum-circuit
qiskit-community/qiskit-ignis
Nov 2019 - Sep 2021
Ignis (deprecated) provides tools for quantum hardware verification, noise characterization, and error correction.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 reviews, 9 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Naoki primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure and adding new unit tests for the Qiskit Ignis library. They implemented tests for the `gates_per_clifford` module within the randomized benchmarking utility, ensuring the accuracy of gate count calculations. Furthermore, the user fixed a bug related to FC rotation direction and updated various utility functions within the library. The user also contributed to adding and testing functions for calculating EPG, updating the pulse code, and fixing measurement pulse alignment bugs.
characterizationquantum-computingquantum-algorithmsphotonicsquantum-programming-language
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