Dave Wecker
Senior Software Engineer at IonQ
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Wecker is a senior software engineer and architect with a multi-decade track record building both software and hardware systems, currently contributing to IonQ’s engineering efforts in Redmond. He helped found and grow Microsoft’s quantum organization, leading software development, hardware lab creation, and business strategy—bridging deep technical design with program and team leadership. His background spans early engineering at Digital Equipment through long-tenured architectural roles at Microsoft, giving him rare institutional knowledge of complex systems and productization. Trained in electrical and electronics engineering at Carnegie Mellon, he pairs hardware-savvy engineering judgment with software architecture expertise. Known for building teams and labs from the ground up, he blends hands-on technical work with strategic program management to move cutting-edge quantum projects toward production.
11 years of coding experience
41 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (43)
development-kit10
simulator10
quantum-computing10
azure10
qdk9
strava9
physics9
documentation9
webextension9
data-acquisition9
elevate8
fitness8
chrome7
python-extension7
autocomplete7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
StationQ/Liquid
Feb 2016 - Dec 2017
The Language-Integrated Quantum Operations (LIQUi|>) Simulator
Contributions:87 commits, 2 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 year 9 months
integratedquantum-computingsimulatorliquiquantum
dbwz8/dotfiles
Jul 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:72 pushes in 1 year
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