Software Engineer - IAM, Cloud Platform Bothell, Washington
Listed on 2026-06-08
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
Bothell, Washington, United States
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 latest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, represents cutting‑edge performance, having achieved 99.99% two‑qubit gate fidelity in 2025. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ operates worldwide including 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 and we also provide networking and sensing solutions for land, sea, air, and space.
We don’t just build the world’s best quantum computers—we sell them! We make our systems available via the cloud to customers worldwide, including complex organizations with extensive customer bases.
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of our Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Role‑Based Access Control (RBAC) systems, enabling customers to federate identities and protect their data. You’ll lead key components of the platform in collaboration with product and engineering teams to build the best quantum platform for our customers and partners.
Responsibilities- Own the technical vision and architecture for IAM and RBAC systems across multiple products, designing, evolving, and standardizing scalable authorization models (RBAC, ABAC, policy‑based access) for complex enterprise use cases.
- Drive cross‑team initiatives that impact authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management.
- Make high‑impact architectural decisions around role modeling, permission hierarchies, identity propagation, and service‑to‑service authorization.
- Act as the final technical authority on IAM/RBAC design reviews and critical security decisions.
- Ensure IAM and RBAC systems meet high availability, performance, and reliability requirements.
- Establish operational standards for role changes, permission rollout, emergency access, break‑glass procedures, and monitoring and alerting for auth‑related failures or abuse.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a history of technical leadership and shipping large‑scale, mission‑critical systems.
- Deep, expert‑level knowledge (4+ years) of designing, building, and operating IAM and RBAC systems in production environments at scale.
- Past experience implementing SAML 2.0 in production.
- Proven experience designing and leading large‑scale, cross‑team technical projects from inception to completion, especially initiatives related to identity, access control, or security platforms.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, event‑driven systems, and data consistency patterns.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated through technical design documents, architectural diagrams, or public presentations.
- A strong sense of ownership and the ability to navigate ambiguity to drive complex projects forward autonomously.
- Experience using AI in day‑to‑day coding.
- 10+ years of software developer experience, 5+ years of writing microservices in a Kubernetes environment, and past experience with GCP.
- Experience evolving or migrating legacy authentication/authorization systems to modern, scalable architectures.
- Deep familiarity with enterprise security requirements, including least privilege, auditability, and compliance constraints.
- Experience operating IAM systems that support high availability, low latency, and strict reliability SLOs.
- Active participation in the broader tech community (e.g., open‑source contributions, conference talks).
- Regular use of fully agent‑based augmented coding.
Location: This role will work onsite or hybrid at our office located in Bothell, WA.
Travel: Once per quarter.
The approximate base salary range for this position is $174,520 – $228,492. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, and equity.
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