Platform Engineer

Quantum Software; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

401K matching

Disability insurance

FSA

Dependent care

Life insurance

Drinks and snacks in office

Catered team lunches

Job summary

Atom Computing is seeking a Platform Engineer to build and operate the systems powering our quantum computing software and research workflows. The role focuses on infrastructure for on-prem lab environments and cloud platforms, with a bias toward reliability and automation.

You will collaborate with software, hardware, and control-systems teams and work in our Boulder, CO office at least three days per week to ensure tight coordination and rapid iteration on compute environments and tools.

Qualifications

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Internship or work experience as infrastructure/platform/systems engineer.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi).
• Interest in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with hybrid environments (on-prem Proxmox and cloud providers AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Knowledge of networking and Linux fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure supporting quantum control systems including GPU compute, networking, and storage.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation, and system observability mechanisms.
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive incident response, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
• Participate in designs related to developer tools and compute infrastructure.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Proxmox

Cloud platforms

Linux fundamentals

Networking

Education

BS or advanced degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Proxmox

Job description

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

Atom Computing is seeking a Platform Engineer to build and operate the systems that power our quantum computing software and research workflows. In this role, you will implement infrastructure for our on-prem lab environments and cloud platforms. This position requires an interest in infrastructure engineering and intuition for operating production systems.

Due to the need for collaboration with Atom's software, hardware, and control systems teams, this role is required to be in the office in Boulder, CO at least 3 days per week.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure supporting quantum control systems including GPU compute, networking, and storage.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation, and system observability mechanisms
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive incident response, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
• Participate in designs related to developer tools and compute infrastructure.

Experience & Education

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science
• Internship or work experience as an infrastructure, platform, or systems engineer.

• Have used infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or similar).
• Interest in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes).
• Have used hybrid environments spanning on-prem hardware (Proxmox, K8S) and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Knowledge of networking and linux fundamentals.

$120,000 - $145,000 a year

Atom Computing provides a wide variety of perks and benefits, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees and their dependents. Additionally, unlimited paid time off, 401K company matching, short- and long-term disability, FSA, dependent care benefits, and life insurance.We also offer drinks, snacks, and catered team lunches in our offices, every day!

The base salary range for this position is between $120,000 - $145,000, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.

QUANTUM ROLE CONTEXT | Appended by Quantum.Jobs v2

Role context:

This role type exists to design, build, and maintain internal computing infrastructure, developer tools, and operational frameworks. Positioned between software developers, hardware engineers, and research teams, platform engineers standardise deployment mechanisms, manage compute environments, and ensure system reliability. By maintaining robust local lab setups alongside cloud resources, professionals in this function remove operational friction for research and development teams, enabling engineering staff to build, test, and deploy complex software workflows efficiently across integrated hybrid environments.

Quantum ecosystem relevance:

The role supports the quantum ecosystem by providing foundational compute and networking infrastructure necessary for running hardware control systems, complex physics simulations, and software development workflows. Quantum computing organisations rely on scalable platform engineering to maintain high-performance compute clusters, integrate on-premise physical lab instrumentation with cloud platforms, and ensure high availability for internal development operations. This underlying operational support ensures researchers and control systems engineers can run uninterrupted experiments and software tests.

Capability signals:

• - Experience implementing automated infrastructure management and declarative configuration tooling
• - Proficiency with container orchestration platforms and hybrid cloud deployment models
• - Background in managing high-performance GPU compute, networking, and storage systems
• - Competency in maintaining system observability, incident response, and operational reliability
• - Strong foundational understanding of Linux operating systems and enterprise networking protocols