Platform Engineer – Quantum Infrastructure

Front Door Defense; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Infleqtion is seeking a DevOps / Platform Engineer to build and maintain on-prem and hybrid infrastructure supporting quantum computing control systems in Boulder, CO. This hands-on role partners with software, embedded systems, and physics teams to accelerate hardware/software development.

The team emphasizes practical tooling, reliability, and scalable systems, with opportunities to influence the end-to-end platform as requirements evolve.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate on-prem and hybrid infrastructure supporting quantum computing platforms
• Administer Linux systems in production and research environments
• Manage servers, virtualization, and capacity from bare metal through VMs
• Design, operate, and troubleshoot networking across compute systems, labs, and connected devices
• Work with NAS/SAN and shared storage technologies to support stateful, high‑throughput workloads
• Develop and maintain automation for provisioning, configuration, testing, and deployment
• Apply infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration management practices
• Support and integrate networked lab equipment, IoT‑style devices, and specialized hardware
• Collaborate across disciplines to support testing, deployment, and operational workflows
• Participate in incident response and help drive iterative reliability and operability improvements
• Incorporate security, hardening, and operational best practices as systems mature

Job description

Infleqtion is seeking a DevOps / Platform Engineer to build and maintain on-prem and hybrid infrastructure supporting quantum computing control systems in Boulder, CO. This hands-on role partners with software, embedded systems, and physics teams to accelerate hardware/software development.

The team emphasizes practical tooling, reliability, and scalable systems, with opportunities to influence the end-to-end platform as requirements evolve.