Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Atomcomputing; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical, dental, and vision

Unlimited PTO

401K company matching

Equity

Job summary

Atom Computing is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to enhance our software development workflows and maintain the critical infrastructure powering our quantum computer. The role requires in-office presence in Boulder at least 3 days per week, working across on-premise and cloud environments.

You will administer Linux servers, design scalable workflows, and improve monitoring, CI/CD, and performance while collaborating with engineers and physicists to ensure reliable operations.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent on-the-job experience.
• 5+ years of post-degree professional experience maintaining large scale distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud deployment and infrastructure management using Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Experience with on-premise hardware services, virtualization and containerization (Proxmox VE, Docker, Podman).
• CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions.
• Ability to optimize on-premise hardware for performance and low latency.
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Grafana).
• Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes for infra workflows.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain a fleet of on-premise Linux servers (and some Windows VMs).
• Design and implement automated workflows for cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• Build and optimize monitoring, alerting, and performance metrics systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and deployments.

Skills

Cloud deployment

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring & observability

Infrastructure as Code

Performance tuning

Security best practices

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Tools

Proxmox VE

Docker

Podman

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Kubernetes

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

Overview

Atom Computing builds quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms and aims to 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 an Infrastructure Engineer to enhance our software development workflows and maintain the critical infrastructure that powers our quantum computer. You’ll work across the entire stack, enabling engineers and physicists to seamlessly deploy software and operate the system with reliability and efficiency. Our environment combines both on-premises and cloud infrastructure, requiring innovative approaches to managing and scaling each. You will collaborate closely with a talented, tight-knit team of engineers and physicists, reporting to the Software Engineering Manager. This role is required to be in the office in Boulder at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain a fleet of on-premise Linux servers (and a few Windows VMs) to ensure reliable and performant operation of the quantum computing environment.
• Design and implement automated workflows for managing and scaling cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
• Build and optimize monitoring, alerting, and performance metrics systems to support both development and production environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and improve deployment efficiency.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent on-the-job experience.
• 5+ years of post-degree professional experience maintaining large scale distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud deployment and infrastructure management using Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Experience with on-premise hardware services, including virtualization and containerization management solutions such as Proxmox VE, Docker and Podman.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions.
• Ability to optimize and tune on-premise hardware for performance and low latency using tools such as perf, systemd-analyze, iostat, and tuning profiles.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing metrics, monitoring, and alerting pipelines using Datadog, Grafana, or other observability tools.
• Skilled in architecting infrastructure workflows with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or Kubernetes.
• Building and scaling a developer operations team, including workflow automation, access management, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Having managed and optimized databases either in the cloud or on-site.
• Familiarity and experience implementing security best practices.
• Having set up or configured networks, both physical and virtual.
• Interfacing with and controlling cameras, motors, lasers, and other third party devices.

Benefits

Atom Computing provides a wide variety of perks and benefits, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents. We offer 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 salary range for this position is between $140,000 - $175,000, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.