Senior Software Engineering Manager

Entangled Future; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Rigetti Computing in Berkeley and Fremont is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead the Internal Software Engineering team, guiding engineers across scientific tooling, analytics infrastructure, and fabrication-support systems. You will shape delivery, engineering culture, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will partner with the VP of Software Engineering, drive hiring and growth, promote scalable data pipelines, and contribute technically when needed in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent in Software/EE/Physics or related field (MS/PhD a plus).
• 7+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years in leadership.
• Experience building data systems, especially for scientific computing.
• Experience with large datasets, metadata, and scalable pipelines.
• Familiar with streaming architectures and tools (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming).
• Proficient in Python; familiar with JavaScript/TypeScript; comfortable in scientific computing.
• Proficient with AWS for development and production deployment.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team-culture skills; good stakeholder management.
• Hands-on technical ability to contribute code as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional software engineering team.
• Improve prioritization, execution, accountability, and project delivery.
• Provide coaching and career development for engineers.
• Help establish engineering culture, team norms, and collaboration.
• Partner with VP of Software Engineering to create leadership bandwidth.
• Participate in hiring and scaling as the organization grows.
• Collaborate with engineers to drive execution across scientific computing, analytics, and tooling.
• Support development of internal tooling and data systems connecting design, fabrication, and device performance workflows.
• Modernize internal tooling and improve ownership and lifecycle.
• Ensure maintainability of internally developed systems and infrastructure.

Skills

People leadership

Strong communication

Data systems design

Scientific computing

Cloud computing

Education

BS in Software/EE/Physics or related field

MS or PhD a plus

Tools

Kafka

Kinesis

Spark Streaming

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS

Go/Rust

Job description

Senior Software Engineering Manager at Rigetti Computing, Berkeley, CA or Fremont, CA. A senior-level full time position in the Internal Software Engineering team, listed under software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional software engineering team spanning scientific tooling, analytics infrastructure, and fabrication-support systems.
• Create stronger operational rigor around prioritization, execution, accountability, and project delivery.
• Provide coaching, growth support, feedback, and career development for engineers across varying levels of seniority.
• Help establish healthy engineering culture, team norms, and stronger collaboration practices.
• Serve as a day-to-day thought partner to the VP of Software Engineering while helping create additional leadership bandwidth across the organization.
• Participate in hiring and team scaling efforts as the organization grows.
• Partner closely with engineers to drive execution across scientific computing, fabrication tooling, analytics systems, and workflow automation.
• Support development of internal tooling and data systems that connect design, fabrication, and device performance workflows.
• Help modernize and operationalize internal tooling that has historically evolved organically through research and prototyping efforts.
• Drive better long-term ownership, maintainability, and lifecycle planning for internally developed systems and infrastructure.

Requirements

• BS or equivalent degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, or related field; MS or PhD a plus.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a people leadership role, whether formal management or equivalent tech lead capacity
• Demonstrated experience building data systems, ideally in scientific computing or physics-informed models.
• Demonstrated experience with software systems managing large datasets, metadata, and scalable data pipelines.
• Experience with streaming architectures and tools (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming).
• Proficiency in Python; familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript. Comfort in a scientific computing environment is strongly valued.
• Proficiency with AWS for development and production deployment and distributed computing.
• People leadership ability, including coaching, performance management, and building team culture, whether formal management experience or demonstrated informal leadership.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to represent the team's capacity and push back constructively on internal customer requests.
• Hands-on technical ability; should be capable of making code contributions on an as-needed basis, even if day-to-day focus is leadership.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of quantum device physics, such as superconducting qubits, trapped ions, photonics, or quantum information science.
• Knowledge of quantum control systems and low-level hardware/software interfaces, including cryogenic hardware, RF electronics, and qubit calibration.
• Familiarity with fabrication processes in semiconductor, quantum, or other hardware/lab-based environments.
• Familiarity with EDA tools, process design kits (PDKs), and chip layout software such as KLayout or Cadence.
• Experience with scientific computing platforms, simulation tools, and scientific computing libraries/tools such as NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, etc.
• Experience applying machine learning to scientific, operational, or hardware systems for prediction, optimization, or anomaly detection.
• Experience with compiled languages such as Go or Rust.