Site Reliability Engineer – Quantum Computing (f/m/d)

Meyandy LLC; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Team spirit and events

Further development and training

Wellness package

Zusammenfassung

eleQtron is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (m/f/d) to join our team in Hamburg. You will maintain the reliability, scalability, and operability of software powering our trapped-ion quantum computers.

This on-site role in Hamburg or Siegen involves collaborating with software engineers, firmware developers, physicists, and hardware engineers in a cutting-edge environment. Responsibilities include improving CI/CD, implementing observability, maintaining runbooks, and contributing to incident

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or master's in computer science, engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2–4 years of professional SRE/DevOps/platform engineering experience.
• Experience operating complex production or lab systems.
• Hands-on experience with containerized and orchestrated environments.
• Monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling experience.
• Ability to document technical work clearly and concisely.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Aufgaben

• Contribute to reliability of the quantum control and program execution stack.
• Define and refine SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and guardrails.
• Implement and maintain observability across software, infra, and hardware-adjacent layers.
• Participate in incident response, post-mortems, and root-cause analyses.
• Identify operational risks and propose mitigations.
• Drive automation to reduce toil and improve stability.
• Maintain runbooks and documentation.
• Collaborate with development teams to support production-ready system design.

Kenntnisse

SRE

DevOps

Observability

CI/CD

Incident Response

Documentation

English Proficiency

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD pipelines

Jobbeschreibung

**eleQtron** develops and operates full-stack quantum computers based on trapped-ion technology. Quantum computing is a new computing paradigm rapidly approaching commercial viability. Our unique approach combines laser-cooled trapped ions with microwave control and tailored magnetic fields. Our next-generation computing machines under development will be able to find solutions to problems that are out of reach today, thus enabling new innovative products and services for a brighter future.**We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (m/f/d) to join our team in Hamburg. You will maintain and support the reliability, scalability, and operability of the software systems powering our trapped-ion quantum computers.****Responsibilities:**As a Site Reliability Engineer – Quantum Computing (f/m/d), you will contribute to the reliability, stability, and operability of our software that operates our quantum computers. You will work closely with software engineers, firmware developers, physicists, and hardware engineers in an interdisciplinary environment, gaining deep insight into a cutting-edge technical domain. This is an on-site position in Siegen or Hamburg. Depending on your background, you will work on the following tasks:* Contribute to the reliability of the quantum control and quantum program execution stack* Support the definition and refinement of SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and operational guardrails* Implement and maintain observability across software, infrastructure, and hardware-adjacent layers* Participate in incident response, post-mortems, and root cause analyses for system failures* Identify operational risks and propose mitigation strategies* Drive automation initiatives to reduce toil and improve system stability* Maintain operational standards, runbooks, and documentation* Contribute to CI/CD and release processes with a focus on reliability and safe deployments* Collaborate with development teams to support production-ready system design **Required Skills:*** Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience* 2–4 years of professional experience in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Systems engineering* Experience operating and stabilizing complex systems in production or lab environments* Hands-on experience with containerized and orchestrated environments* Practical knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling* Experience participating in incident response processes* Good technical documentation skills* Ability to reason through engineering trade-offs* Fluent written and spoken English**We value:*** Experience in hardware-adjacent, lab, or cyber-physical systems* Background in scientific, research, or experimental environments* Strong Python skills for automation and tooling* Experience with long-running, stateful workloads* Familiarity with firmware, control systems, or real-time constraints* Experience with programmatic device control (e.g. SCPI, serial, USB, TCP/IP)* Prior exposure to quantum computing or other deep-tech domains**What you can expect from eleQtron:*** **Competitive salary:** We value our team members and therefore provide remunerations that reflect this, additionally rewarding achievements* **Flexible working hours**: We offer personal freedom through a variety of flexible work schedules* **Team spirit:** In our international and diverse team, and with our regular team events, having fun at work is simply part of the culture* **Further development:** We want to grow together and so we offer our team members needs-based, individualized further training as well as plenty of room for personal development* **Wellness Package**: We offer health-promoting benefits such as fitness programs li...