Senior Staff Software Architect – Network Monitoring Platform
Core
Design and evolve a high-scale, data-intensive network monitoring platform for IonQ's quantum computing fleet, handling telemetry from hundreds of thousands of devices.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Architect (Network Monitoring)
Builds
Cloud-native ingestion pipelines, real-time processing engines, and unified data models for device telemetry and topology.
Domain
Quantum Computing Infrastructure / Network Telemetry / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Rust, Cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, Time-series databases, Event streaming, Data modeling, System design, Mentorship
Preferred skills
Network management platforms (Juniper/Cisco/Nokia), Telemetry protocols (gNMI/NETCONF/SNMP), Multi-tenant SaaS design, Open-source contributions
Technologies
Go, Rust, Kubernetes, Kafka, Kinesis, InfluxDB, Timescale, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Architect cloud-native ingestion pipelines for high-volume telemetry; Define unified YANG-based data models; Write production code for collectors and processing engines; Enforce data partitioning and retention strategies; Lead cloud-native deployment patterns; Evaluate time-series and graph technologies; Mentor senior engineers.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
