IonQ
Senior Director, Developer Ecosystem
Bothell, Washington, United States · Director · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$265k-$348kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- 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.
- IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.
Responsibilities
- Engage with standards bodies, open-source foundations, and ecosystem partners to drive open-source governance and community benchmarking initiatives, prioritize efforts for maximum leverage and impact, and ensure IonQ's voice and contributions shape the quantum software infrastructure that matters most.
- Drive the IonQ Developer Tools Roadmap.
- Develop the strategy, execution, and distribution of IonQ's developer tooling suite across APIs, SDKs, and other tools for IonQ end users across the full spectrum of technical personas.
- Drive Key Adoption and Usage Metrics. Own two categories of success metrics: (1) adoption metrics: platform usage, provider rankings, community growth, and developer API/SDK/tool adoption driven by the developer experience function
- Build and Lead a World-Class Team. Build and lead a multi-disciplinary organization, starting as a player-coach with a small number of high-leverage contributors, and expanding over time as need and impact dictate.
- Drive Key Adoption and Usage Metrics.
- Own two categories of success metrics: (1) adoption metrics: platform usage, provider rankings, community growth, and developer API/SDK/tool adoption driven by the developer experience function; and (2) product and conversion metrics: traffic to IonQ hardware, developer survey placement, and active practitioner growth.
- As Senior Director of Developer Ecosystem, you will lead the strategy and execution of IonQ's developer relations, open-source contributions and consortia, and technical and scientific community engagement.
- You will lead IonQ's effort to build and nurture an ecosystem of active, engaged developers and first-rate tools and enablement materials, both inside and outside of the organization.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in developer relations, developer ecosystem strategy, open-source community leadership, or technical product management.
- Deep experience in open-source strategy and governance: you understand how influence is earned, and you've done it at scale
- Strong technical fluency: you can engage credibly with quantum computing researchers, compiler engineers, and application developers, even if your background is not in quantum physics or computer science.
Nice to have
- Direct experience as a key maintainer, contributor, or other leader for a quantum computing developer ecosystem (e.g., Qiskit, Cirq, PennyLane, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with the quantum computing landscape: NISQ-era tooling, quantum error correction, and the emerging requirements of fault-tolerant quantum computing
- A network of relationships across the quantum hardware, software, and open-source ecosystem.
- Experience working with government funding agencies (DOE, DARPA, NSF), where open-ecosystem positioning strengthens grant proposals
- Background in participating in or leading a major project or product within a software foundation or industry coalition/consortium.
- Travel: Up to 20%
- We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect.
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Compensation
- Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.
- The approximate base salary range for this position is $265,423 - $347,507.
Benefits
- This includes defining and driving our developer experience and education strategy across first-party, third-party, and open-source tooling.
Company info
- We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.
- We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- export control and government contract restrictions
This listing is sourced directly from IonQ's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.