Know Your Qubits, Know Your Users: Personas for Quantum Software

The advancement of quantum hardware and the intricacies of quan-tum computing make well-designed quantum software increasinglynecessary. Due to the interdisciplinarity of the field, it is crucial tounderstand the perspectives and specific needs of involved stake-holders, for example, to balance the desired level of abstraction withthe exposition of (hardware)-specific details. In this work, we con-duct a stakeholder-based analysis to identify personas of quantumsoftware as a means of creating meaningful, user-tailored quan-tum software. We conducted an expert focus group at a Dagstuhlseminar in 2024 and qualitative interviews with practitioners atconference IEEE QCE in 2025, from which we derive 11 personas ofpotential users and stakeholders for quantum software. We discussthese personas regarding their use cases, interests, constraints andabstraction level.