Konrad Jałowiecki

(Quantum) Software engineer / software architect

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Location

Katowice, Silesia, Poland

Email

dexter2206@gmail.com

Phone

+48 512 760 465

Website

https://dexterritory.net

GitHub

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LinkedIn

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Facebook

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Instagram

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Experience

Dec 2023 – present

Quantum software developer at PsiQuantum

Developing software for Quantum Resource Estimation

Highlights

• Designing and developing QREF, a data format for storing quantum resource estimates. https://github.com/psiq/qref
• Developing Bartiq, open-source software for quantum resource estimation. https://github.com/psiq/bartiq
• Development and testing of various internal projects.
• Performance testing.

Feb 2021 – Dec 2023

Software developer at Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Working as a software developer in EuroHPC PL project.

Highlights

• Developing the Omnisolver software, a versatile framework for implementing QUBO and Ising spin glass solvers. https://github.com/euro-hpc-plomnisolver
• Developing the SpinGlassPEPS.jl, a Julia package implementing novel tensor-network based algorithm for finding low-energy spectrum of Ising spin glasses. https://github.com/euro-hpc-pl/spinglasspeps.jl
• Developing PyQBench Python package and CLI tool for benchmarking gate-based quantum computers. https://github.com/iitis/pyqbench

Jun 2020 – Jun 2023

Quantum Science Consultant at Zapata Computing Inc.

Developing parts of Orquestra software https://www.zapatacomputing.com/orquestra-platform/ and benchq software https://www.zapatacomputing.com/benchq

Highlights

• Participated in creating libraries for modelling quantum circuits and interfacing with third-party hardware solutions and simulators.
• Participated in creating library for esimating resources needed to perform fault tolerant quantum computation.
• Consulting in the design process and assisting in debugging.

Jun 2020 – Oct 2021

Senior Software Engineer at relayr

Worked in Professional Services development team, tasked mainly with creating and maintaining tools used internally by the Professional Services team.

Highlights

• Participated in design and development of a tool capable of emulating multiple IoT devices. The emulator utilized asyncio framework for cooperative multitasking and was capable of emulating tousands of devices on a single core machine.
• Organized several programming workshops for QA team.

Sep 2018 – Mar 2019

Researcher / Software Engineer at Bohr Technology Inc.

Researched quantum algorithms and their applications. Implemented some of the algorithms in Python.

May 2017 – Apr 2018

Quality Assurance Engineer at relayr

I was tasked with designing and implementing performance tests for IoT software, conducting tests, analyzing their results and preparing performance reports.

Oct 2013 – Jun 2018

Teaching practices as part of PhD studies at University of Silesia in Katowice

Teaching several classes, mostly for Computer Science and Applied Computer Science students.

Highlights

• Introduction to programming
• Programming and algorithms
• Algorithms and data structures
• Algebra
• Mathematics in the Earth sciences

Education

Sep 2022 – Jun 2024

PhD in Computer Science at Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Obtained PhD in Computer Science with distinction. Thesis title: “Validation and benchmarking of quantum annealing technology”

Oct 2015 – Sep 2022

PhD candidate (unfinished) in Physics at University of Silesia in Katowice

Moved to Polish Academy of Sciences, where I continue my PhD studies as part of my employment.

Oct 2013 – Sep 2018

PhD (unfinished) in Mathematics at University of Silesia in Katowice

My scientific interests changed and so I decided to cancel my studies in maths.

Oct 2012 – Nov 2014

Masters in Econophysics at University of Silesia in Katowice

Studies finished with obtaining master’s degree in Physics.

Oct 2011 – Jul 2013

Masters in Mathematics at University of Silesia in Katowice

Studies finished with obtaining master’s degree in Mathematics.

Oct 2008 – Jun 2011

Bachelor in Mathematics at University of Silesia in Katowice

Studies finished with obtaining bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.

Oct 2007 – Jul 2012

Engineer in Computer science at Wyższa Szkoła Technologii Informatycznych w Katowicach

Studies finished with obtaining engineering degree in Computer Science.

Languages

Polish

Fluency: Native speaker

English

Fluency: 4/5

Skills

Python

Level: Master

Keywords:

• Standard library
• asyncio
• network programming

Algorithms

Level: Master

Keywords:

• Algorithms
• Data structures
• Numerical methods

NumPy stack

Level: 2/3

Keywords:

• NumPy
• SciPy
• matplotlib
• pandas
• seaborn

Quantum Computing

Level: 2/3

Keywords:

• Quantum Annealing
• Variational Quantum Algorithms
• D-Wave Leap
• Qiskit
• Cirq
• AWS Braket

Parallel processing

Level: 2/3

Keywords:

• CUDA
• OpenMP
• PyCUDA

Containerization

Level: 2/3

Keywords:

• Docker
• Podman

Cloud infrastructure

Level: 1/3

Keywords:

• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform

Interests

Tabletop games and miniatures painting

Keywords:

• Star Wars Legion
• Marvel Crisis Protocol
• Fallout: Wasteland Warfare

Video games

Keywords:

• FPS
• Turn-based strategies
• RPG
• Action RPG

Raising praying mantises

Keywords:

Playing Music

Keywords:

• Piano
• Ukulele