Research DevOps Engineer, Software, Center Quantum Computing

Overview

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

We are looking to hire a Research Dev Ops Engineer to join our growing software team. You will work closely with our experimental and theoretical physics teams to enable their work characterizing, calibrating, and operating novel quantum devices. The ideal candidate will translate high-level science requirements into Dev Ops deliverables (e.g., CI/CD scripts, hybrid infrastructure-as-code setups, standardized development environments, artifact repositories, etc.)

that are performant, scalable, and secure. This role emphasizes accelerating the research software development lifecycle through automation, standardization, and managing hybrid (cloud + physical lab) infrastructure.

• Design and maintain standardized, reproducible development environments for research scientists.
• Own dependency, build, and release management across interdependent research software projects.
• Develop and streamline CI/CD pipelines for low-overhead automated testing and rapid deployment.
• Manage hybrid infrastructure spanning cloud services and on-prem physical hardware.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using infrastructure-as-code solutions (e.g. Docker, AWS CDK).
• Maintain Amazon’s high security bar without slowing down the pace of internal development.
• Implement best practices for observability and monitoring to enable rapid debugging and high service uptime.
• Empower others to actively contribute to the codebase through mentorship and documentation.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Experience with using infrastructure-as-code to design and deploy cloud services
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle (planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance)

• Experience working with scientists in a research environment
• Experience with AWS tools and services (e.g. CDK)
• Experience with Dev Sec Ops  features in Git Lab Ultimate
• Experience setting up standardized, reproducible Python environments
• Experience with AWS on-prem hardware solutions (e.g. Outpost)
• Experience with networking and network security fundamentals
• Experience with Kubernetes or high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure
• Experience in experimental physics or quantum computing

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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