Staff Product Manager - Compute Platform
About IonQ:
IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance.
Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.
We are seeking an experienced Staff Product Manager to own a part of the computing engine at the heart of IonQ's quantum platform. This role spans the full lifecycle of quantum computation: from how circuits are compiled and optimized, orchestrating and scheduling complex workloads, and connecting them to our growing fleet of quantum processors deployed in cloud regions, national laboratories, and enterprise data centers worldwide.
IonQ's computing platform is at a critical inflection point, rapidly expanding as we scale. We’re rewriting, refactoring, or building whole new services up and down our stack to support our growing needs. Existing systems and datastores are being unified and matured, prepared for hybrid deployments into cloud + on-premise systems, and we’re integrating with new kinds of IT environments with rigorous requirements and complex needs. Every part of this space is a foundational, load-bearing system—and needs a strong product leader to guide their growth.
This is going to be a significant challenge both in scope and in skill. Your work will span compiler interface contracts to fleet operations systems and everything in-between. You’re comfortable with ambiguous inputs, you aren’t intimidated by things you haven’t studied before, and you’re looking for a steep challenge. If you think this all sounds thrilling and not daunting: this role will be deeply rewarding.
Responsibilities:
- Build a deep, technical understanding of IonQ's platform systems from job submission APIs to the backend infrastructure that puts those instructions on to the QPUs themselves.
- Own the product vision and roadmap for a portion of our computing platform layer—things like our compilation services, simulators, workflow orchestrators, and more.
- Define interface contracts and service boundaries during a period of active architectural change, making smart choices about which systems to build to stand the test of time, and which can be throwaway.
- Partner with engineering teams up and down the stack to scope, sequence, ship, and maintain foundational platform capabilities.
- Help us grow our hybrid deployment roadmap, working across regional cloud deployments, on-premise edge appliances, and integrated HPC facilities, ensuring our products works as well inside a national laboratory as it does in a hyperscale cloud.
- Navigate a complex competitive and standards landscape, emerging interoperability standards, and nascent partner integration patterns to inform strategic positioning and technical decisions.
You’d be a good fit with:
- 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years leading infrastructure, platform, or developer tools products where the customer is an engineer or technical operator.
- A demonstrated technical acumen: comfortable and fluent in architecture discussions, systems design, and negotiating service boundaries and interface contracts with engineering teams.
- Experience working on foundational platform systems—the kind that other teams build on top of—where getting the abstraction right the first time is a critical concern.
- A track record as a self-starting operator who builds their own context, identifies the highest-leverage problems, and drives outcomes without waiting for direction.
You’d be a great fit with:
- Experience with HPC, scientific computing, or job scheduling environments (Slurm, PBS, or similar)
- Experience with hybrid cloud and on-premise deployment models, including the operational realities of running software in a customer's data center
- Experience with compilers, build systems, or developer toolchains
- Experience with fleet management, service registries, or distributed infrastructure control planes
- An understanding of hardware-software interfaces and the product challenges of abstracting over evolving hardware generations
- A strong bias for action and a comfort level with defining product direction in spaces where the technology and market are being invented simultaneously
Location: This position can work onsite or hybrid from one of our offices (College Park, MD, Bothell, WA) or fully remote in the US
Travel: None
Job ID: 1425
The approximate base salary range for this position is $126,887 - $166,127. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, and equity.
Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience of the final candidate(s), specific office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401K, unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.
At IonQ, we believe in fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers. We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect. We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.
We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
US Technical Jobs. The position you are applying for will require access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions. Employment with IonQ is contingent on either verifying “U.S. Person” (e.g., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum) status for export controls and government contracts work, obtaining any necessary license, and/or confirming the availability of a license exception under U.S. export controls. Please note that in the absence of confirming you are a U.S. Person for export control and government contracts work purposes, IonQ may choose not to apply for a license or decline to use a license exception (if available) for you to access export-controlled technology that may require authorization, and similarly, you may not qualify for government contracts work that requires U.S. Persons, and IonQ may decline to proceed with your application on those bases alone. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.
US Non-Technical Jobs. Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.
If you are interested in being a part of our team and mission, we encourage you to apply!