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

eleQtron GmbH; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Flexible hours

Team culture

Professional development

Wellness benefits

Bike leasing

Moving allowance

Cutting-edge tech

Zusammenfassung

eleQtron GmbH develops and operates full-stack quantum computers based on trapped-ion technology. We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (m/f/d) to join our team in Hamburg, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operability of the software powering our quantum machines.

You will define SLIs/SLOs, implement observability, participate in incident response, and drive automation to reduce toil while maintaining runbooks and documentation. The role is on-site in Hamburg or Siegen, Germany.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or 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.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

SRE

DevOps

Platform Engineering

Observability tooling

Incident response

Python scripting

Documentation

English fluency

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD tooling

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:

• 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

This is an on-site position in Siegen or Hamburg.

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 like UrbanSportsClub to support your well-being
• Bike Leasing: Stay Mobile and Sustainable with Our Company Bike Leasing Program
• Moving Benefits: A warm welcome! We are happy to support employees who move for us with a bonus
• At the forefront : Work at the forefront of technology, where academic resea