Live Quantum Observability Engineer

OQC; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

OQC, a leading quantum computing company, is seeking a Monitoring and Observability Engineer to keep our live cryogenic systems performing at peak reliability. You’ll build dashboards, refine alerts, and automate responses to maximise uptime, collaborating across engineering, operations and reliability teams.

Ideal candidates have experience in monitoring, dashboards, Python development and on-call incident management, with a passion for observability and continuous improvement in complex

Qualifications

• Experience in monitoring/observability of complex systems.
• Experience building dashboards with Grafana.
• Experience with incident response and on-call operations.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience Python development.

Responsibilities

• Monitor live systems and triage alerts to maximise availability.
• Develop and maintain dashboards showing health, trends and performance.
• Analyse recurring incidents to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with Reliability, Software and Operations teams to improve observability.
• Define monitoring thresholds and metrics for reliable services.
• Produce documentation on monitoring processes and incident response.
• Contribute to automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Monitoring & Observability

Dashboard development

Python

Incident response on-call

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or equivalent

Tools

Grafana

Git

Kubernetes

Containers

REST APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

OQC, a leading quantum computing company, is seeking a Monitoring and Observability Engineer to keep our live cryogenic systems performing at peak reliability. You’ll build dashboards, refine alerts, and automate responses to maximise uptime, collaborating across engineering, operations and reliability teams.

Ideal candidates have experience in monitoring, dashboards, Python development and on-call incident management, with a passion for observability and continuous improvement in complex