Cloud Engineer – Quantum Computing (f/m/d)

Job summary

Build and operate a secure, scalable cloud platform that connects users to trapped-ion quantum computers, enabling quantum program submission and result retrieval. Develop the compilation pipeline, APIs, job scheduling and hardware dispatch, authentication, tenant isolation, and observability, collaborating with firmware and hardware teams. The platform uses Python and cloud technologies to support quantum workloads, including circuit transpilation into hardware-level instructions.

Benefits

Qualifications

• At least three years of production experience building and deploying backend or platform services
• Strong Python skills; Go, Rust, or C++ experience is welcome
• Experience designing REST or gRPC APIs
• Production experience with OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect, token handling, and role-based access control
• Knowledge of least-privilege practices, secrets management, and software supply-chain risks
• Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of GDPR and data residency requirements
• Ability to collaborate with experimental physicists and engineers
• Good written and spoken English
• German is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Build and operate cloud services for submitting quantum programs and retrieving results
• Develop and deploy the cloud-based compilation pipeline from circuit input to hardware-level instructions
• Design and maintain public APIs and SDK entry points
• Implement job queuing, scheduling, hardware dispatch, quotas, prioritization, and result handling
• Manage platform authentication, authorization, identity, API keys, tokens, and role-based access
• Ensure tenant isolation and manage secrets and credentials
• Coordinate cloud-to-machine interfaces with firmware and hardware teams
• Instrument services and monitor latency, throughput, and cost

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