Staff Platform Engineer

IonQ, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. in Oxford, UK is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join the Quantum System Infrastructure team. Hybrid role, on-site and cloud infrastructure, enabling engineers and scientists to build, test and deliver quantum systems.

As a lead-level engineer, you will shape clusters, pipelines, monitoring and remote development environments, applying DevSecOps principles to deliver reliable, secure, and observable infrastructure for customers.

Qualifications

• Lead platform engineering experience or demonstrated DevSecOps capabilities.
• Experience designing scalable infrastructure for cloud and on-site deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead role in shaping clusters, pipelines, monitoring and remote development environments.
• Apply DevSecOps principles to deliver reliable, secure and observable infrastructure, on-site and in the cloud.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevSecOps

Monitoring

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Staff Platform Engineer at IonQ, Oxford, England, United Kingdom (remote). A lead-level full time position in the Compute - Engineering team, listed under software engineering.

About IonQ: IonQ, Inc . [NYSE: IONQ] is the worlds leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance . Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Location: Oxford, England, UK Working pattern: Hybrid Role: We are looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to join the Quantum System Infrastructure team at IonQ, based in our Oxford office. In this role, you will be responsible for the platform that our engineering and science teams use to build, test and deliver quantum systems to customers, contributing to the team's mission of applying DevSecOps principles to deliver reliable, secure and observable infrastructure, on-site and in the cloud. As a Staff Engineer you will play a leading role in shaping the clusters, pipelines, monitoring and remote development environments that support our work in building the world's most advanced quantum systems. You'll have the opportunity to drive meaningful work in a unique environment, operating alongside the physicists and engineers who build those systems, and see vacu