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Salary: USD 150,000 - 225,000 / annual
Q-CTRL is the global leader in AI-powered quantum control infrastructure software. The Quantum Computing Engineering team combines deep technical expertise with a startup mindset to deliver software innovation across defense, research, and industry applications.
As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be a critical member of the Infrastructure team, supporting Q-CTRL's Kubernetes-based SaaS platform, growing hardware division, and embedded deployments. Based in the Santa Monica office, you will collaborate closely with the team in Sydney, Australia, and work with US-based research and engineering teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing in-hours support for US-based research and engineering teams while authoring technical proposals, ADRs, and documentation to drive asynchronous alignment with the Sydney team
- Getting up to speed on the software stack, integrating insights from your experience into platform architecture, and driving tech choices to meet platform goals
- Ensuring Q-CTRL stays current with cloud best practices, advocating for strong DevOps culture, and contributing to innovation across engineering workflows
- Developing toolchain support including CI/CD pipelines, GitOps operators, ephemeral environments, vulnerability scanning, and automated Infrastructure as Code deployment tooling
- Ensuring applications are scalable, highly available, cloud-agnostic, and accessible via Zero Trust networking across public clouds and embedded client infrastructure
You will drive continuous improvement by leveraging Infrastructure as Code and establishing golden paths that empower engineering teams to ship safely and autonomously. The role emphasizes a pragmatic approach to system design that balances curiosity with maintainability.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of industry experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or equivalent
- Experience running Kubernetes in production with deep familiarity with provisioning production-grade clusters
- Expert knowledge of public clouds using Infrastructure as Code to build intuitive, self-service golden paths
- Hands-on experience with various Linux distributions and strong system-level troubleshooting skills
- Proficiency in software development (primarily Go and Python) with ability to quickly understand application behavior from codebases
- Pragmatic approach to system design that balances curiosity with maintainability
NICE-TO-HAVE:
- Relevant Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS)
- Relevant public cloud certifications (AWS SAA/SAP or GCP ACE/PCA)
- Familiarity with CNCF and its projects
- Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux CD
