Full-Time
Staff Software Engineer
Identity and Access Management, Cloud Platform
IonQ
501-1,000 employees
Develops trapped-ion quantum computers and software
Compensation Overview
$174.5k - $228.5k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Bothell, WA, USA
Hybrid
On-site or hybrid at Bothell, WA; travel once per quarter.
US Citizenship Required
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- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a history of technical leadership and shipping large-scale, mission-critical systems
- Deep, expert-level knowledge (4+ years) on designing, building, and operating IAM and RBAC systems in production environments at scale
- Past experience implementing SAML 2.0 in production
- Proven experience designing and leading large-scale, cross-team technical projects from inception to completion, especially track record of leading cross-team initiatives related to identity, access control, or security platforms
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and data consistency patterns.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated through a portfolio of technical design documents, architectural diagrams, or public presentations
- Expertise programming backends in Go or JavaScript
- A strong sense of ownership and the ability to navigate ambiguity to drive complex projects forward with a high degree of autonomy
- A practice of using AI in day to day coding
- Own the technical vision and architecture for IAM and RBAC systems across the entire platform for multiple products. Design, evolve, and standardize scalable authorization models (RBAC, ABAC, policy-based access) that support complex enterprise use cases
- Drive cross-team initiatives that impact authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management.
- Make high-impact architectural decisions around:
- Role modeling and permission hierarchies
- Identity propagation and service-to-service authorization
- Act as the final technical authority on IAM/RBAC design reviews and critical security decisions.
- Ensure IAM and RBAC systems meet high availability, performance, and reliability requirements
- Establish operational standards for: Role changes and permission rollout
- Emergency access and break-glass procedures
- Monitoring and alerting for auth-related failures or abuse
- 10+ years software developer experience
- 5+ years experience writing microservices in a kubernetes environment
- Past experience with GCP
- Experience evolving or migrating legacy authentication/authorization systems to modern, scalable architectures
- Deep familiarity with enterprise security requirements, including least privilege, auditability, and compliance constraints
- Experience operating IAM systems that support high availability, low latency, and strict reliability SLOs
- Active participation in the broader tech community (e.g., open-source contributions, conference talks)
- Regular use of fully agent-based augmented coding
IonQ builds quantum computers using trapped-ion qubits to tackle highly complex problems. The core product is a quantum computer that uses ions held in traps, with gates driven by lasers, and an optical network layer that links qubits for scalable performance. This setup offers high qubit quality, exact replication of qubits, and easy interconnection across a network, enabling a broad range of applications across industries through optimized quantum algorithms. Compared with competitors, IonQ emphasizes its trapped-ion platform for strong physical performance, precise qubit replication, and seamless optical networking, aiming to scale quantum machines while keeping high fidelity. The company’s goal is to provide the world’s best quantum computers to transform business, society, and the planet by solving problems that are currently intractable.”} ấnย
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
College Park, Maryland
Founded
2015
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q1 2026 revenue hits $64.7M with $470M backlog, guiding $260M-$270M full-year growth.
- DARPA contract and AFRL backing fuel 56.5% April stock surge and government revenue.
- Commercial InSAR launch and Einride pilot expand into Earth monitoring and logistics markets.
What critics are saying
- $229M Q1 operating loss accelerates cash burn, forcing shareholder dilution by Q3 2026.
- Quantinuum's 1024-qubit target by 2027 surpasses IonQ's 256-qubit Tempo, slashing DARPA funds.
- Nvidia CUDA-Q diverts Azure workloads from IonQ, collapsing 70% quantum access in 12 months.
What makes IonQ unique
- IonQ photonically interconnects two trapped-ion systems, enabling networked quantum computers since April 14, 2026.
- Trapped-ion qubits deliver 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, highest in industry on Tempo system.
- Full qubit connectivity in ion chains requires fewer qubits than superconducting rivals for high-fidelity results.
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Benefits
Biweekly catered lunches
Parental leave
Health, vision, & dental insurance
Flexible time off
401(k) with 5% match
University facilities
Commuter benefits
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -3%1 year growth
↓ -4%2 year growth
↓ -4%Governor Bob Ferguson has directed $500,000 from Washington's Economic Development Strategic Reserve Fund to support IonQ's expansion in Bothell. The quantum computing manufacturer, whose largest shareholders include Vanguard, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, will use the funding for building upgrades, workforce expenses and expansion costs. The state funding is matched by over $14 million in private investment. IonQ opened the nation's first dedicated quantum computing manufacturing facility in Bothell in 2024, which has since expanded into a 100,000-square-foot hub. The expansion is expected to create between 1,200 and 2,000 jobs over five years. IonQ develops quantum computing systems for complex problems in healthcare, energy and cybersecurity. The Strategic Reserve Fund uses unclaimed lottery prize money for economic development projects.
Quantum computing stocks are attracting strong analyst interest as the sector grows rapidly. Precedence Research values the quantum computing market at $1.44 billion in 2024, projecting it will reach $19.44 billion by 2035, representing a 29.7% CAGR. IonQ, using trapped ion technology, raised analyst attention after posting $61.9 million in 4Q25 revenues, up 429% year-over-year. Jefferies rates it a Buy with a $90 target, implying 213% upside. D-Wave Quantum's dual-platform approach combining annealing and gate-model systems has earned a unanimous Strong Buy rating from analysts, with a $38.18 average target suggesting 168% gains. Infleqtion, the sector's newcomer using neutral atom technology, went public in February through a SPAC transaction that raised $550 million. BTIG rates it a Buy with a $22 target, representing 75% potential upside.
Horizon Quantum Holdings has entered a strategic agreement with IonQ to purchase one of IonQ's first 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion systems. The acquisition will expand Horizon Quantum's hardware testbed beyond its initial superconducting system, making it among the few global efforts operating commercial systems of multiple modalities. IonQ's 256-qubit system features 99.99% gate fidelity, all-to-all connectivity and parallel operations, designed to provide significantly more computing capacity for complex problems. Horizon Quantum plans to integrate the trapped-ion technology with its Triple Alpha software platform, enabling advanced functionality including general control flow, dynamic memory allocation and concurrent classical/quantum function evaluation. The partnership aims to create a hardware-agnostic environment for quantum software development, providing developers with a direct path to broad quantum advantage.
Horizon Quantum and IonQ enter into strategic agreement to unlock quantum potential. Horizon Quantum and IonQ announced a strategic agreement. Horizon Quantum will purchase one of IonQ's first 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion systems, in furtherance of Horizon Quantum's mission to unlock the full potential of quantum computing with its software platform. Estimated time April 9, 2026 This photo depicts a current trapped ion system from IonQ. The system to be delivered to Horizon will be IonQ's next-generation 256-qubit technology.
IonQ has appointed William F. Scannell as a Class II director, with a term running until the 2026 Annual Meeting and a seat on the Compensation Committee. The appointment comes as the quantum computing company reports strong year-over-year revenue growth and pursues vertical integration of its quantum hardware platform. The board expansion follows IonQ's announcement of a $1.8 billion acquisition of SkyWater Technology, aimed at creating a vertically integrated quantum hardware stack. The deal supports IonQ's roadmap towards 256-qubit chip-based systems, though it also raises concerns about acquisition costs and integration complexity. IonQ's narrative projects $388.6 million in revenue by 2028, requiring 69.5% annual revenue growth. However, the company faces ongoing challenges including cash burn, acquisition spending and widening adjusted EBITDA losses as it works to scale its trapped ion quantum computing technology.