IonQ · 4 months ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer - HPC Integration
Bothell, Washington, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$187K/yr - $245K/yr
13+ years expIonQ is developing the world's most powerful full-stack quantum computer based on trapped-ion technology. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer leading our HPC integration, you’ll help build and maintain our interfaces with SLURM and other open HPC stacks, while also mentoring junior staff members and establishing best practices for code development.
ComputerElectronicsFinanceInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile AppsQuantum ComputingSoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of our HPC software stack integrations
Establish best practices for code development, quality assurance, documentation, and continuous integration and deployment
Lead and participate in code reviews
Effectively self-manage projects, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables; Identify, track and mitigate execution roadblocks and technical risks
Mentor junior staff members; we’ll ultimately be building a team around you!
Help minimize overhead between classical and quantum resources through efficient scheduling and parallelization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or equivalent practical experience -- untraditional backgrounds are welcome and encouraged!
13+ years experience in software engineering
5+ years experience of open source contributions
2+ years experience with Slurm or other HPC batch schedulers (LSF, PBS, GridEngine, etc.) and/or other HPC technologies
Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or Microk8s
Familiarity with MPI or other multiprocessing schemes
Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Argo Workflows, Kubeflow)
Significant experience with system languages like C/C++ or Go, and advanced scripting in Python
Established experience in Linux operating system, environment, and tools
Preferred
15+ years experience in software engineering
10+ years experience of making open source contributions
5+ years in High Performance Compute cluster management
2+ years experience as an open source project maintainer with an active community
Expert-level knowledge of Fortran and/or C
Familiarity with quantum software stacks like MQSS or OpenQSE
Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks like Ray or Dask
Experience with GPU programming models such as CUDA (or even better: CUDA Quantum)
Expert analysis skills in areas like statistical testing, modeling and general optimization
Knowledge of one or more domains of computational physics (PDEs, n-body, large-dimension integration, stochastic systems, ...)
Familiarity with common machine learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow
Exposure to quantum physics and/or quantum information science
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
Matching 401K
Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
Parental/adoption leave
Legal insurance
Home internet stipend
Pet insurance
Company
IonQ
IONQ offers enterprise-grade quantum systems designed for businesses seeking to harness the power of quantum computing in their operations.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.8BKey Investors
Heights Capital ManagementSamsung Catalyst FundCambium Capital Partners
2025-10-10Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2025-07-07Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2025-03-10Post Ipo Equity· $372.6M
Leadership Team
Marco Pistoia
CEO, IonQ Italia
Niccolo de Masi
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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