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Senior Manager, Software Engineering

IonQ is a publicly traded leader in quantum computing delivering cutting-edge hardware and software to accelerate advances in drug discovery, materials science, finance, cybersecurity and more. We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead the System Operations Software team to improve customer experience, reduce operational toil, and increase system uptime and performance by partnering closely with engineers, physicists, hardware teams, and product managers.

Skills

  • Kubernetes and containerization expertise
  • Container orchestration and microservices architecture
  • Cloud-native principles and cloud platforms
  • Data engineering and data architecture knowledge
  • Strong Linux/UNIX systems, kernel, virtual machines, and networking skills
  • Site Reliability Engineering practices (SLOs, observability, automation, incident RCA)
  • Technical leadership, hiring, and distributed team management
  • Project management and metric-driven decision making
  • Customer-focused collaboration with internal and external partners

Responsibilities

  • Foster a high-trust team culture emphasizing transparency, accountability, ownership, and psychological safety
  • Hire, develop, mentor, and retain software engineering and SRE talent
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance for building robust, scalable system software
  • Drive delivery of team and cross-org programs, prioritize initiatives to maximize impact
  • Collaborate with cross-functional and senior stakeholders to align goals and objectives
  • Develop and iterate on processes, frameworks, and success metrics to improve consistency and outcomes
  • Establish SLOs, observability, incident learning and RCA practices to reduce toil and improve reliability
  • Create clear strategies and plans to reduce ambiguity and improve system uptime and performance

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, or related field or equivalent practical experience (required)
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Quantum Information Science or related (preferred)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
  • Parental and adoption leave
  • Legal insurance
  • Home technology stipend
  • Bonus, equity, and other compensation components
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IonQ develops general-purpose quantum computers. Founded in 2015, IonQ is headquartered in College Park, Maryland.

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April 4, 2026
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