Senior Staff Software Architect – Network Monitoring Platform
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
The Senior Staff Software Architect will lead the design and evolution of a high-scale, data-intensive Network Monitoring Platform at IonQ. This role involves owning the architecture from data modeling to cloud-native deployment, writing production code in Go and/or Rust, and mentoring engineers. The architect will also define data models, manage telemetry ingestion, and ensure the platform operates reliably across multi-cloud environments.
- 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 experience in software or platform architecture
- 5+ years leading architecture for large-scale, data-intensive distributed systems
- Experience building and operating device monitoring systems at scale
- Production experience with Go and/or Rust
- Deep expertise in data modeling for high-volume systems
- Solid understanding of cloud-native application design including Kubernetes and microservices
Nice to have
- Proficiency in both Go and Rust
- Background in network management platforms or network equipment vendors
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Contributions to open-source infrastructure or observability projects
- Familiarity with techniques relevant to high-throughput data collection
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 Go and Rust
- Requires U.S. Person status for compliance with export control laws
- The role involves significant hands-on coding and technical leadership
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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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