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IonQ
Staff Software Engineer (Runtime)
Skills
RustLinux
2 months ago
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Location:
Oxford, UK
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
2 September 2026
What they need
- We are looking for a senior Systems Software Engineer to join our Runtime Software team at Oxford Ionics / IonQ. In this role, you will be responsible for working directly with the experimental scientists to implement the real-time control system behaviours and provide abstractions they require for their experiments, contributing to the team’s mission of enabling our science teams to experiment and improve the primitive operations which allow compute, and building towards fault tolerant computation
- You’ll play an important part in shaping the core, Rust, libraries and the execution environment which take our system from a collection of hardware to a quantum computer, and support our work in building the world’s most advanced quantum systems
- Collaborating with scientists to understand their requirements
- Interfacing with system orchestration, non-realtime control and compiler teams to ensure our work integrates seamlessly with the wider software architecture
- Interfacing with FPGA and electronics teams to shape the overall system architecture
- Implementing drivers for various real-time devices
- Producing tooling to enable users of our code to iterate rapidly and fearlessly
- Developing the execution environment for the user programs which run on our systems
- Continually evaluating the shape of our APIs and improving them for our internal users- Have experience with real-time linux or embedded systems or another low-latency computing environment
- Are eager to learn and develop your skills
- Have experience with a systems programming programming
- Have an interest in or experience with Rust
- Have developed excellent communication skills both within the context of software and across disciplines
- To be successful, you will need strong programming skills in a systems programming language, experience with software system design, and a desire to produce high quality code appropriate to a real-time environment. We’re looking for someone who can quickly iterate on low-level code in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary, environment and contribute effectively within a fast moving, highly technical team
- Are used to maintaining and producing high quality code reviews and appropriate testing
- Have a desire to maximise impact through quick iteration and short cycles of learning and improvement
- Are comfortable working with rapidly evolving requirements
- Have strong programming skills in one or more mainstream programming languages
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