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# Senior DevOps Engineers at QuEra Computing, Inc.

- **Company:** QuEra Computing, Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/queracomputinginc/jobs/5458457008

## Job description

JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineers

Job Location: 1380 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135 Additional worksites: 1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135; 1280 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135; 387 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135. These worksites are part of the company's Boston campus.

Travel: 5% travel per year (1% domestic and 4% international)

Responsibilities:

Apply expertise in embedded systems to optimize software delivery, automate infrastructure, and enhance system reliability. Work closely with embedded software teams and physicists to develop robust CI-CD pipelines, improve build automation, implement test automation and manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure to deliver the operating system for QuEra’s QC.

- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Github and custom-built automation harnesses for application and embedded software development;
- Automate build, test, and deploy processes for applications and embedded systems;
- Develop and manage firmware and software delivery pipelines, ensuring efficient releases;
- Optimize containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) for embedded applications;
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools;
- Monitor system performance and reliability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Influx, and Redis;
- Work with developers and hardware teams to integrate software updates including Talos, Flux, Helm, and K8S Pod Services.

Requirements & Qualifications:

Employer requires a Bachelor's degree in software engineering, software development or closely related field and at least seven (7) years of experience as a software developer. In addition, the employer requires the following:

- Practical experience implementing complex automated systems in Python, Go, or Bash gained through at least four (4) years of work experience;
- Practical experience with On-prem and cloud OS administration including but not limited to Open Stack, AWS, GCP, Azure OCI, Talos, Ubuntu, Centos or Debian gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience;
- Practical experience supporting hybrid systems involving embedded devices, custom hardware, or real-time control systems gained through at least four (4) years of work experience;
- Practical experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or Ansible gained through at least four (4) years of work experience;
- Practical experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions gained through at least five (5) years of work experience;
- Practical experience with hardware-in-the-loop pipelines or distributed lab/test automation environments gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience;
- Practical experience implementing core networking, network load balancing, and network technologies gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience; and
- Practical experience debugging and solving large, multi-layered systems, including network troubleshooting, application tracing, alerting systems, and logging from both hardware and software sources gained through at least seven (7) years of work experience.

All years of experience may be gained concurrently.

Salary: two hundred and ten thousand dollars per year to two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars per year

This position is eligible for QuEra’s Employee Referral Program.

Send CV to HR (BT2026) at QuEra Computing Inc., 1380 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02135 or apply online at the following: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/queracomputinginc/jobs/5458457008

## About QuEra Computing, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: QuEra Computing builds and commercializes neutral-atom quantum computers, aiming to deliver fault-tolerant systems for scientific, industrial, and government applications.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Mikhail Lukin (Chief Scientist, Harvard), Vladan Vuletić (CTO, MIT), and additional Harvard/MIT scientists

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Quantum computing (hardware, software, and cloud services)
- **Target customers**: High-performance computing (HPC) centers, public sector agencies, enterprise innovators, and research institutions – primarily B2B
- **Mission**: *“A world where quantum computing is a trusted tool for solving high-value problems in science, industry, and society.”* [quera.com](https://www.quera.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Aquila**: A 256-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer that became the first publicly accessible neutral-atom system on Amazon Braket (launched 2023). Used for quantum simulation and research.
- **Gemini**: QuEra’s first commercially available gate-based neutral-atom quantum computer, deployed on-premises (first system delivered to Japan in 2023).
- **Quantum Innovation Platform**: A full-stack offering combining hardware, software, and co-design services to help partners develop quantum solutions for specific industries.
- **Roadmap to Fault Tolerance**: QuEra plans to reach megaquop logical performance with hundreds of logical qubits by 2028, and gigaquop performance with ~1,000 logical qubits shortly after. [quera.com](https://www.quera.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed; raised >$230M in Series B financing (backed by Google, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Valor, and later expanded by NVIDIA’s NVentures). Total known funding: $17M seed (2021) + $230M+ Series B.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding ~$247M+ (private company; revenue not publicly available)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Google, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Valor Equity Partners, NVIDIA (NVentures), and others.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Selected by Japan’s AIST for a ~$40M on-premises neutral-atom computer integrated with the NVIDIA-powered ABCI-Q supercomputer.
  - Chosen for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) Stages A and B.
  - Demonstrated a logical quantum processor with 48 logical qubits (2024 Physics World Breakthrough).
  - Published first experimental demonstration of magic state distillation for universal logical quantum computing.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Neutral-atom technology**: Scalable to thousands of qubits using optical tweezers, offering a path to fault-tolerant quantum computing that is widely recognized as highly promising.
- **Strong academic roots**: Built on pioneering research from Harvard University and MIT, with founders who are leading physicists in the field.
- **Early ecosystem leadership**: First neutral-atom system on a public cloud (Amazon Braket), first commercially available gate-based neutral-atom system, and active partnerships with major HPC centers and governments.
- **Fault-tolerance roadmap**: Clear technical milestones (megaquop by 2028, gigaquop shortly after) backed by published breakthroughs in error correction and logical qubits.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling toward fault tolerance**: Executing a roadmap to deliver error-corrected logical quantum computers by 2028.
- **Commercial expansion**: Deploying on-premises systems to HPC centers and government labs (e.g., AIST in Japan, DARPA).
- **Ecosystem building**: Co-designing applications with enterprise and public-sector partners, and integrating with classical supercomputing infrastructure (e.g., NVIDIA GPU clusters).
- **International presence**: Establishing QuEra Computing Japan to support the country’s national quantum strategy.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “more science, less fiction” with a focus on real physics, precision engineering, and collaborative learning across disciplines. [quera.com/careers](https://www.quera.com/careers)
- **Benefits**: Company-subsidized medical insurance with Health Reimbursement Account, 100% company-paid dental and vision, 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% (immediate vesting), flexible time off, paid holidays, sick leave, free parking, catered lunch-and-learns, stocked kitchens, and employee events.
- **Work environment**: Based in Boston, MA. The engineering team develops classical control systems that operate neutral-atom quantum computers, moving quantum from lab experiments to production-grade systems.
- **Team**: Leadership includes experienced executives (CEO Andy Ory, CFO Ed Durkin, CCO Yuval Boger) and world-class scientists (CTO Vladan Vuletić, Chief Scientist Mikhail Lukin). The company emphasizes internal cross-disciplinary collaboration and external partnerships.

## Sources
1. [quera.com](https://www.quera.com/) – Official website, roadmap, and product details.
2. [quera.com/careers](https://www.quera.com/careers) – Careers page with benefits and culture.
3. [quera.com/about](https://www.quera.com/about) – Company history, leadership, funding, and milestones.
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/quera-computing) – Company overview and financial data.
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/quera-computing-inc) – LinkedIn company page.

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