Sarah Kaiser
Senior Cloud Developer Advocate
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSarah Kaiser is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate and Python Software Foundation Fellow with 11+ years building production-grade software and hardware across quantum computing, satellite optics, and embedded systems. With a PhD in Quantum Information, she blends deep research experience—publishing work on quantum cryptography hardware and contributing to the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit and the mitiq error-mitigation toolkit—with hands-on product delivery and community leadership. At Microsoft and previously the Unitary Fund she creates developer resources, authors books like Learn Quantum Computing with Python and Q#, and fosters open-source collaboration and sponsorships. Known for soldering as easily as she writes unit tests, Sarah is also a vocal advocate for diversity in STEM and a maker who laser-cuts projects and restores a 1979 Tollycraft in her spare time.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Math, Physics, Bachelor of Science, Math, Physics at Bethel UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Quantum Information, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Quantum Information at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (10)
unit-testing10
quantum-computing10
error-reporting10
error-handling10
quantum-algorithms10
pytest10
python10
testing10
scipy8
documentation7
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
unitaryfoundation/mitiq
Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
Mitiq is an open source toolkit for implementing error mitigation techniques on most current intermediate-scale quantum computers.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:135 reviews, 50 commits, 114 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Sarah contributed significantly to the `mitiq` library by implementing new functionalities, including the addition of plotting methods to the `Factory` class, along with tests for `plot_data()` and `plot_fit()`. They made changes to core files (`zne/inference.py`) related to the Zero Noise Extrapolation (ZNE) functionality. Furthermore, they were involved in fixing code style issues, updating the changelog, and applying suggestions from code reviews, indicating contributions to testing and code quality.
computersprototypequantum-programmingqiskitintermediate
microsoft/Quantum
May 2018 - Jun 2020
Microsoft Quantum Development Kit Samples
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Sarah contributed to the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit samples by adding and refining quantum computing algorithms. Their work included implementing new functions and unit tests within the Canon library, which provides essential building blocks for quantum programs. Further contributions involved refactoring and optimizing the Shor algorithm, a key component for integer factorization. The user also updated code to use new operation names, demonstrating a focus on code quality and project updates.
development-kitpythonqdkquantum-computingqsharp
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