Senior DevOps Engineer

IQM Quantum Computers; München; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

Learning budget

Flat hierarchy

Job summary

IQM Quantum Computers is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the infrastructure powering our compute-heavy workflows. You will ensure reliability, scalability, and graceful failure handling across Kubernetes, cloud and bare-metal environments.

You will shape orchestration, CI/CD, observability, and IaC with Terraform/OpenTofu, mentor peers, and collaborate with Algorithms, Software, Product, and Cloud teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, SRE, or related field.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience with scale and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud providers (AWS or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure for compute-heavy workloads using Kubernetes and cloud/bare-metal environments.
• Own and evolve orchestration, CI/CD, observability, networking, and cloud architecture.
• Enable reliable, scalable workloads with autoscaling, redundancy, recovery, and graceful failure handling.
• Improve security, monitoring, deployment, and incident response to reduce risk.
• Document decisions and uphold engineering standards for IaC.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to reviews and best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Ansible

Job description

At IQM, we build world-leading quantum computers for the well-being of humankind. We design systems to tackle computational challenges beyond the practical limits of classical machines. Our work sits at the edge of science and engineering. It's complex, demanding, and deeply collaborative. We turn deep research into reliable, full-stack systems that drive discoveries in fields like medicine, energy, and technology, reshaping how the world computes.

Join the team that gives quantum a heartbeat.

The work

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll own and shape the infrastructure that powers our computational workflows platform. Your work will make sure compute-heavy quantum workloads can run reliably, scale efficiently, and recover gracefully when things go wrong.

You’ll work across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, bare-metal systems, networking, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure as code — seeing how these pieces fit together as one platform rather than as isolated systems.

This is a role with real technical ownership. You’ll make and document infrastructure decisions, balance reliability, performance, cost and complexity, and help shape how the platform evolves as it grows. You’ll work closely with teams across Algorithms, Software, Product, Quantum Enablement, and Cloud.

What You’ll Actually Do

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure for compute-heavy, job-driven workloads using Kubernetes, cloud and bare-metal environments.
• Own and evolve key infrastructure areas such as orchestration, CI/CD, observability, networking, and cloud architecture.
• Build reliable systems for variable and bursty workloads, including autoscaling, redundancy, recovery, and graceful failure handling.
• Improve infrastructure security, monitoring, deployment and incident-response practices, reducing operational risk before issues occur.
• Use Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code tools to create maintainable, scalable infrastructure and establish good engineering standards.
• Make and document technical decisions, balancing cost, performance, reliability, complexity, and long-term maintainability.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to technical discussions, reviews, documentation, and infrastructure best practices.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, SRE, platform engineering, or a closely related field.
• Strong, hands-on Kubernetes experience, including setup, maintenance, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash, with at least 2 years of practical experience.
• At least 2 years of experience managing bare-metal machines in remote data centres.
• Solid understanding of network setup and management.
• Hands-on experience with a major cloud provider, particularly AWS or GCP.
• A systems mindset and the ability to make and explain technical decisions, understand trade-offs, and take ownership of the outcomes.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Hands-on experience with Ansible.
• Experience with Argo Workflows or Argo Events.
• Experience operating compute-intensive or distributed workloads.
• Experience with reliability engineering, SLOs/SLIs, incident response, or infrastructure cost optimisation.
• Experience mentoring engineers or setting technical standards within a team.

Why IQM?

• Full-stack quantum computing: From quantum hardware to software layers and beyond, we build across the full-stack.
• High-performance playground: We aim high, and we know sustainable performance only works when life outside work does too—hybrid setups, flexible hours.
• Never the smartest: You won’t always be the smartest person in the room. Neither will we. Expect to learn constantly - from each other and beyond with IQM’s Learning Hub, LinkedIn Learning, and a team-based L&D budget.
• Approachable leadership: Flat hierarchy, direct access. Feel free to approach any leaders. They're friendlier than they look!
• The sweet spot: Big enough to matter. Small enough to move fast. Growing between a startup and a corporation. We’re in the phase where top performers get noticed.
• Bigger than IQM: Our people build know-how for the entire quantum ecosystem. We publish papers, run hackathons, and help shape a market that's still being defined.

The future of computing won’t build itself. You might be one of the few who do.

• Meet our people and learn more about IQM on our stories page.
• Explore our scientific publications.

600M€+ Total Funding | 400+ Team Members | 30+ Quantum Computers Built | 300+ Patents Filed | 10 Location Globally