Site Reliability Engineer – Quantum Computing (m/w/d)

Job summary

eleQtron is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability, scalability, and stable operation of software systems controlling their trapped-ion based quantum computers. This role involves collaborating with various engineering and scientific teams to gain deep insights into a cutting-edge technological field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable field, or equivalent qualification
• 2-4 years of professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Systems Engineering
• Experience operating and stabilizing complex systems in production or laboratory environments
• Practical experience with containerized and orchestrated environments
• Profound knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and observability tools
• Experience participating in incident response processes
• Good technical documentation skills
• Ability to evaluate technical decisions and trade-offs thoroughly
• Very good English language skills, both written and spoken
• Experience with hardware-near, laboratory, or cyber-physical systems (preferred)
• Experience in scientific, research, or experimental environments (preferred)
• Profound Python knowledge for automation and tooling (preferred)
• Experience with long-running, stateful workloads (preferred)
• Understanding of firmware, control systems, or real-time requirements (preferred)
• Experience with programmatic device control (e.g., via SCPI, serial interfaces, USB, or TCP/IP) (preferred)
• Initial contact with quantum computing or other deep-tech technologies (advantageous)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the reliability of the Quantum Control and Quantum Program Execution Stacks
• Support the definition and development of SLIs, SLOs, Error Budgets, and operational guardrails
• Implement and operate observability solutions across software, infrastructure, and hardware-near layers
• Participate in incident response, post-mortems, and root cause analyses for system failures
• Identify operational risks and propose measures for risk mitigation
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operational effort and improve system stability
• Maintain and develop operational standards, runbooks, and technical documentation
• Contribute to CI/CD and release processes with a focus on reliability and secure deployments
• Collaborate with development teams to support production-ready system architectures

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