Principal Platform Engineer
At a glance
Senior Platform & Infrastructure role at Atom Computing. Boulder · full-time · $195,000–$220,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and maintain the classical computing systems used by quantum control work
- Work with software, control systems, and physics teams to size compute resources for their workloads
- Run infrastructure code, automated deployments, and observability across lab systems and cloud platforms
- Set security, access, and compliance practices, then respond to incidents and improve reliability
- Assess infrastructure tools and choose between building or buying based on delivery speed and upkeep
What you bring
- A computer science degree, at the undergraduate or graduate level
- At least seven years after graduation in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering
- Experience completing a full infrastructure build or a major platform migration
- Hands-on use of infrastructure-as-code and container or orchestration tools such as Terraform and Kubernetes
- Experience with on-premises and cloud environments, plus Linux, networking, CI/CD, and observability
Who this fits
This principal-level role suits an engineer who can make complex infrastructure decisions and support research and control-system workloads. You’ll work from the Boulder office at least three days each week. The position includes on-call participation.
From the employer
At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.
Atom Computing is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to build and operate the systems that power our quantum computing and research workflows. In this role, you will design and design infrastructure spanning on-prem lab environments and cloud platforms, driving key trade-off decisions across reliability, security, scalability, and cost. This position requires solid expertise in infrastructure and platform engineering and strong systems thinking, along with the ability to navigate complex design problems.
Due to the need for collaboration with Atom's software, hardware, and control systems teams, this role is required to be in the office in Boulder, CO at least 3 days per week.
Job Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain classical compute infrastructure supporting quantum control systems
- Work closely with Atom Computing's software engineers, control systems engineers, and physicists to understand workload requirements and deliver compute infrastructure that meets them
- Own infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation, and system observability across on-prem lab environments and cloud platforms
- Establish and enforce security, access control, and compliance standards (e.g., NIST 800-53, SOC2) across systems
- Participate in on-call rotation and drive incident response, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements
- Evaluate and integrate new infrastructure tooling, balancing build-vs-buy decisions against team velocity and operational overhead
Experience & Education
- BS or advanced degree in Computer Science
- 7+ years of post-degree experience as an infrastructure, platform, or systems engineer
Qualifications
- Have gone through a complete infrastructure build-out or major platform migration
- Currently working with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or similar)
- Currently working with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes)
- Experience managing hybrid environments spanning on-prem hardware (Proxmox, K8S) and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals, Linux systems administration, and CI/CD pipeline design
- Expertise in monitoring, logging, and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent)
Atom Computing provides a wide variety of perks and benefits, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees and their dependents. Additionally, unlimited paid time off, 401K company matching, short- and long-term disability, FSA, dependent care benefits, and life insurance. We also offer drinks, snacks, and catered team lunches in our offices, every day!
The base salary range for this position is between $195,000 - $220,000, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.
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