Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, Software, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Hamburg, Siegen
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for the stability and reliability of quantum computing systems, develop observability architectures, and lead incident management teams during critical situations.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Quantum Computing (m/f/d), you will be responsible for the reliability, stability, and operation of the software that controls our quantum computers.
- You serve as the technical contact for system reliability and play a key role in how our quantum computers are operated, monitored, and further developed in production-like laboratory environments.
- Take responsibility for the Reliability strategy of the Quantum Control and Quantum Program Execution stacks.
- Define and continuously develop SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and operational guardrails.
- Design and further develop the observability architecture across software, infrastructure, and hardware levels.
- Lead incident response, post-mortems, and root-cause analyses during critical system outages.
- Proactively identify systemic risks and drive measures to minimize them.
- Drive automation initiatives forward to reduce manual operational effort and improve system stability.
- Create and maintain operational standards, runbooks, and technical documentation.
- Design CI/CD and release processes with a focus on reliability and secure deployments.
- Act as a trusted partner for development teams in the design of production-ready systems.
- Mentor engineers and raise awareness of reliability topics across the company.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable field, or an equivalent qualification.
Qualifications
- Strong skills in technical documentation and architecture design.
- Creative mindset and enjoyment of working in a multicultural and interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to make well-informed technical decisions and trade-offs even under uncertainty.
- Excellent spoken and written English skills.
- Solid Python skills for automation and tooling.
- Understanding of firmware, control systems, or real-time requirements.
- Initial exposure to quantum computing or other deep-tech technologies is advantageous.
Experience
- At least 5 years of professional experience in the fields of Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Systems Engineering.
- Proven experience in operating and stabilizing complex, mission-critical systems.
- Extensive experience with containerized and orchestrated environments.
- Practical experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability systems.
- Experience in leading Incident Response as well as conducting Post-Mortems.
- Experience with hardware-near, laboratory, or cyber-physical systems.
- Experience in scientific, research, or experimental environments.
- Experience with long-running, stateful workloads.
- Experience with the programmatic control of devices (e.g., via SCPI, serial interfaces, USB, or TCP/IP).
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What we offer
- Hamburg or Siegen
- Competitive salary: Good pay is a given for us. We also recognize special achievements additionally.
- Flexible working hours: We offer personal flexibility through a variety of working time models.
- Team spirit: In our international and diverse team, having fun at work is simply part of it, and everyone always looks forward to our regular team events.
- Develop: We want to grow together and offer our team members tailored, individual training as well as plenty of room for personal development.
- Wellness Package: We offer health-promoting services such as fitness programs like UrbanSportsClub to support your well-being.
- JobRad / Bike Leasing: Stay active and eco-friendly on the go - with our bike leasing program, you get to your destination comfortably and in good shape.
- Assistance with relocation: Welcome! We are happy to support employees who move for us with a bonus.
- On the front lines: Work at the cutting edge of technology, where academic research meets commercial applications.
- Modern workplace: A high-quality infrastructure with laboratory spaces, offices, and meeting rooms is of course part of eleQtron, because to make the impossible possible together, an inspiring work environment where you feel comfortable is essential.
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About Your Employer
Eleqtron Gmbh
Eleqtron GmbH is the first German start-up for quantum computer hardware. With our disruptive technologies, we bring quantum computing from research to application, unlocking new markets and paving the way for tomorrow's innovations.
Description
- Company Type
- Digital Agency
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Quantum Computing
- Location
- Hamburg, Siegen
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
