Samuele Ferracin
System Software Quantum Information Lead
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSamuele Ferracin is a system software and quantum information lead with six years of hands-on experience building production-grade quantum software and execution models for leading labs and companies. He blends a PhD in theoretical physics with strong C++ and Python engineering, having shipped backend and frontend components for commercial tools like Keysight’s True-Q and contributed to open-source quantum tooling at Xanadu and Qiskit. At IBM he leads primitives and system software efforts, translating quantum information science into scalable runtime and noise-mitigation solutions. His background spans academia and industry—postdoctoral work at the Institute for Quantum Computing and close collaboration with experimental teams—so he’s comfortable taking algorithms from theory to hardware. Samuele pairs technical leadership and mentorship with practical skills in CI/CD, performance testing, and Rust optimizations, and off-hours he balances code with running, climbing and guitar. An unusually nimble cross-disciplinary engineer, he excels at turning complex quantum research into robust, customer-facing software.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics at University of WarwickMaster's degree Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Master's degree Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Università degli Studi di Torino
Github Skills (17)
python10
source-sdk10
photonics10
sdk10
quantum-computing10
differentiable-programming10
quantum-programming-language10
qiskit10
optimization10
noise9
simulator8
error-correction6
gpu6
verification5
quantum-algorithms5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SamFerracin/qiskit-ibm-runtime
Jun 2024 - Jan 2025
IBM Client for Qiskit Runtime
Contributions:280 pushes, 35 branches in 7 months
SamFerracin/qiskit
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
Qiskit is an open-source SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of extended quantum circuits, operators, and primitives.
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
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