Senior Backend Engineer - Go/Rust, Scalable Infra
Summary
Designs and builds high-throughput backend services for a quantum computing platform using Go or Rust, focusing on distributed systems, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
IonQ, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a deeply hands-on Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to own backend services powering our quantum platform.
You will design and ship high-throughput ingestion pipelines, time-series storage, and APIs that surface data for internal teams. The role demands production-grade Go and/or Rust, strong distributed systems fundamentals, and experience with Kafka or Kinesis, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.