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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.

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 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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