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Software Engineer, System Orchestration

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

2026-10-05T12:46:10+00:00

IonQ is hiring a software engineer for the System Orchestration team in Oxford, part of System Software. The role centers on services that schedule quantum programs and calibrations on trapped-ion computers, arbitrate exclusive hardware access, stream results, persist run records, and support fleet rollouts. The posting asks for strong programming, Rust or willingness to learn, SQL/PostgreSQL, APIs such as gRPC or REST, Linux debugging, schedulers or job queues, and testing. It is distinctive for combining control-plane work with real quantum hardware.