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Senior Research Software Engineer

IonQ · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Posted about 3 months ago · $145,920 - $191,047

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
IonQ's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
11% of IonQ's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at IonQ
high
104 stale, 2 reposted of 104 open
Hiring momentum
159 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from IonQ's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for IonQ.

About this role

As a Senior Research Software Engineer at IonQ, you will be part of a cross-functional team focused on developing and maintaining software that supports quantum research and development. Your responsibilities will include managing the software development lifecycle, improving system observability, and mentoring team members while ensuring the software is reliable and user-friendly for scientists. You will also design and implement CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the architecture of R&D data acquisition systems.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of IonQ as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
  • 5+ years professional experience in software engineering, including work on complex, cross-functional systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, and comfort working below it when needed: debugging across the stack, reasoning about concurrency and async, networking protocols, and performance profiling.
  • Experience owning the full SDLC for production software, including debugging, incident response, and ongoing maintenance.
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive user-facing documentation, including tutorials, API reference guides, and internal knowledge base articles.

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of professional software experience, ideally in a scientific or R&D environment, supporting research teams.
  • Experience developing software for hardware control, automation, or data acquisition.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring and providing technical leadership to other engineers.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern DevOps practices.
  • Experience with database design and management.

What you get

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
  • Parental/adoption leave
  • Legal insurance
  • Home technology stipend

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Python and CI/CD practices.
  • The role involves a significant focus on stability and observability, which may indicate existing challenges in the current systems.
  • Candidates must be U.S. Persons due to export control and government contract restrictions.

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Listed by IonQ on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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