{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"afe837ab07ed7000b6078c14","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/afe837ab07ed7000b6078c14","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/afe837ab07ed7000b6078c14","title":"Principal Platform Engineer","description":"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.\n\nAtom 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.\n\nDue 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.\n\nJob Responsibilities\nDesign, build, and maintain classical compute infrastructure supporting quantum control systems\nWork closely with Atom Computing's software engineers, control systems engineers, and physicists to understand workload requirements and deliver compute infrastructure that meets them\nOwn infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation, and system observability across on-prem lab environments and cloud platforms\nEstablish and enforce security, access control, and compliance standards (e.g., NIST 800-53, SOC2) across systems\nParticipate in on-call rotation and drive incident response, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements\nEvaluate and integrate new infrastructure tooling, balancing build-vs-buy decisions against team velocity and operational overhead\nExperience & Education\nBS or advanced degree in Computer Science\n7+ years of post-degree experience as an infrastructure, platform, or systems engineer\nQualifications\nHave gone through a complete infrastructure build-out or major platform migration\nCurrently working with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or similar)\nCurrently working with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes)\nExperience managing hybrid environments spanning on-prem hardware (Proxmox, K8S) and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)\nKnowledge of networking fundamentals, Linux systems administration, and CI/CD pipeline design\nExpertise in monitoring, logging, and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent)\n\nAtom 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!\n\nThe base salary range for this position is between $170,000 - $200,000, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.\n\nWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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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!\n\nThe base salary range for this position is between $170,000 - $200,000, commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, we offer an annual bonus and equity in the company.\n\nWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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