PsiQuantum
Senior Software Platform Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States; Remote · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$170kDetected 2 days ago
AlgorithmsGitAWSTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningIncident ResponseEMI/EMCElectrical EngineeringResearch
About the role
- We're looking for someone to take ownership of ASET's infrastructure and pipelines from our existing platform engineer, continuing to grow our platform and making it easier for quantum researchers to do their best work.
- That platform includes AWS infrastructure, Terraform configs, CI/CD workflows, and resources our researchers depend on for large-scale, computationally intensive quantum simulations.
Responsibilities
- Own our AWS infrastructure end-to-end and actively shape how it evolves
- building and optimizing, not just maintaining
- Develop relationships and work closely with platform engineers across PsiQuantum, including to leverage HPC/GPU resources
- Lead incident response and post-mortems when necessary
- Own our AWS infrastructure end-to-end and actively shape how it evolves; building and optimizing, not just maintaining
- Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
- By leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry-including partners like GlobalFoundries-we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics.
- In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, Illinois.
- PsiQuantum also develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable.
Requirements
- Production AWS experience: Built and maintained systems on ECS/EKS, managed multi-account networking (VPCs, security groups), and dealt with real-world infrastructure complexity
- CI/CD: Improved build pipelines in production (reduced build times, increased reliability, made deployments easier to debug), including experience with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or equivalent
- Improved build pipelines in production (reduced build times, increased reliability, made deployments easier to debug), including experience with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or equivalent
Nice to have
- Background in scientific computing, research infrastructure, ML platforms, or early-stage startups (especially research computing vendors)
- GPU/HPC experience: Supported GPU workloads in production environments, including code optimization, CUDA debugging, and job scheduler setup
- Security & compliance experience: You've implemented auth systems (Auth0/Okta), managed encryption (KMS), or worked on compliance-driven infrastructure.
- genuine interest in quantum computing matters more than prior exposure
- What We're Not Looking For
- Candidates focused on enterprise-scale batch computing rather than cloud-native platform engineering
- Candidates who prioritize architectural purity over iterative delivery
- PsiQuantum provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
Skills
- There's a real opportunity to shape how all of it evolves.
- 5+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles
Compensation
- $150,000 - $170,000 USD
- Bay Area Pay Range
- $165,000 - $185,000 USD
- The ranges below reflect the target ranges for a new hire base salary.
- U.S. Base Pay Range
Benefits
- Full time roles are eligible for equity and benefits.
Company info
- PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers-machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised.
- Our application, software, and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companies-including Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mitsubishi Chemical-to prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact.
- We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
- Base pay is only one part of the total compensation package.
- PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process.
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