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Principal Software Architect

About IonQ: IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers,

Company

IonQ

Location

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Status

Open

Posted

2026-11-02T13:22:13+00:00

IonQ is hiring a Principal Software Architect for its Compute Software organisation in Oxford, on-site. The role is responsible for the architecture of software that enables a quantum computer, spanning real-time and non-real-time hardware management, low-level orchestration and developer interfaces across a product family. The person coordinates with technical leads, infrastructure, firmware and compiler teams in the UK and US, and coaches leads on architecture practice. The posting asks for over 10 years in software development, over 5 as an architect, real-time systems experience, scalable distributed architecture, and Rust.