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Principal Platform Engineer

Atom Computing · Boulder, CO · Hybrid

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About Atom Computing

Atom Computing develops gate-based quantum computers that use arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms as qubits. Backed by Innovation Endeavors.

About the role

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

What they're looking for

  • BS or advanced degree in Computer Science
  • 7+ years of post-degree experience as an infrastructure, platform, or systems engineer
  • Have gone through a complete infrastructure build-out or major platform migration
  • Currently working with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or similar)
  • Currently working with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes)
  • Experience managing hybrid environments spanning on-prem hardware (Proxmox, K8S) and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
More about this role

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

Atom Computing is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to build and operate the systems that power our quantum computing and research workflows. In this role, you will design and design infrastructure spanning on-prem lab environments and cloud platforms, driving key trade-off decisions across reliability, security, scalability, and cost. This position requires solid expertise in infrastructure and platform engineering and strong systems thinking, along with the ability to navigate complex design problems.

Due to the need for collaboration with Atom's software, hardware, and control systems teams, this role is required to be in the office in Boulder, CO at least 3 days per week.

  • Design, build, and maintain classical compute infrastructure supporting quantum control systems
  • Work closely with Atom Computing's software engineers, control systems engineers, and physicists to...

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