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Senior Staff Distributed Systems Engineer

IonQ · Santa Clara, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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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
No
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 Staff Distributed Systems Engineer at IonQ, you will be responsible for building and maintaining backend services that enhance the visibility and security of networks against quantum threats. Your role involves designing high-throughput ingestion pipelines, developing APIs, and ensuring service reliability while collaborating with other engineers to set technical direction for the platform. You will also participate in incident response and drive improvements across the organization.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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

  • 12+ years of backend software engineering experience
  • Proven proficiency in Go and/or Rust
  • Experience building and operating distributed data systems
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems
  • Experience with cloud-native deployment
  • Familiarity with observability tooling

Nice to have

  • Experience with network telemetry protocols
  • Hands-on experience with graph databases
  • Familiarity with YANG data modeling
  • Experience building multi-tenant SaaS backend services
  • Contributions to open-source projects

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 salary listed in the posting, only a range is provided
  • Role requires hands-on coding in Go and/or Rust daily
  • Position is onsite in Santa Clara, CA with some travel required
  • Candidates must verify U.S. Person status for export control compliance

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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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