Staff Software Engineer - Cloud

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Platform. Location: Basel, Switzerland

The position requires deep experience in modern cloud engineering, distributed systems, authentication frameworks, CI/CD, microservices, and large-scale service design; You will work across engineering, product, and scientific teams and help deliver high availability and strong security for IonQ’s cloud platform.

Duties:

• Work with infrastructure, applications, and operations teams to deliver reliable cloud services.
• Lead the design of the IonQ Quantum Cloud architecture with a focus on microservices and distributed systems.
• Define, build, validate, and deploy APIs and platform features that make quantum computing easy to access and integrate.
• Develop and maintain the CI/CD pipeline for the IonQ Cloud;
• Integrate IonQ systems with cloud partners including AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
• Extend and improve the quantum job processing pipeline used by IonQ customers.
• Design and enhance authentication, authorization, and role-based access control.
• Develop and expand IonQ’s billing engine, including customer rate cards and usage tracking.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers across the team;
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 10 years of software engineering experience;
• At least 5 years of experience developing on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong skills in Go, Rust, and JavaScript.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms and building scalable, robust services.
• Experience with distributed systems and message queues such as Kafka or Google Pub/Sub.
• Experience with OAuth, OpenID, and SAML for authentication.
• Ability to design secure and reliable components including APIs, user interfaces, and data systems.
• Strong communication skills and experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Familiarity with quantum computing concepts;
• Additional preferred experience includes 15+ years in full-stack development, long-term use of relational databases such as Postgres, Kubernetes, TypeScript or React, and professional experience in the quantum industry.

Benefits and Instructions:

• Total compensation includes base salary, bonus, equity, and a wide range of benefits.
• Final compensation depends on experience, skills, and location;
• Benefits may include health coverage, retirement matching, paid leave, stipends, and additional options depending on region.
• This role requires being onsite in Basel, Switzerland at least three days a week.
• Includes one annual team meetup in the United States;
• Submit your resume and application through IonQ’s careers system and complete the required export-control and authorization questions.