QC Ware

Description

QC Ware is seeking a talented and passionate DevOps Engineer to join our engineering team to support Promethium, our growing molecular discovery platform. As part of the team, you will work in a fast-paced environment building reliable, scalable infrastructure and ensuring smooth development operations. This role offers significant influence over our DevOps practices and the opportunity to work with modern technologies including AWS, Kubernetes, and NVIDIA GPUs.

Responsibilities

Role

Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS to ensure Promethium is secure, performant, reliable, and scalable
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, reliable software delivery
Manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes (AWS EKS), including cluster administration, deployments, and troubleshooting
Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions; proactively identify and resolve performance and reliability issues
Contribute to team-wide efforts to maintain compliance with required standards, such as ISO 27001. Apply security best practices to ensure company and product security
Troubleshoot issues and work with engineering teams to improve operational efficiency
Document infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and processes; share knowledge across the team
Participate in on-call rotation to maintain platform reliability and respond to production incidents

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
3+ years of hands-on DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Engineering experience
Strong experience with AWS services (EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.)
Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production, including deployments, scaling, and troubleshooting
Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure automation
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar)
Ability to program in Python or Go
Strong understanding of containerization
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with GCP or Azure in addition to AWS
Background working in SOC 2 or ISO 27001-compliant environments
Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd, Kong Mesh)
Experience supporting GPU workloads or HPC environments
Knowledge of GitOps practices (ArgoCD, Flux)
Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog

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Compensation

Base Salary

$140,000 - $160,000

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In addition to competitive base salaries, qualified candidates are eligible for participation in a corporate bonus program and equity.

Salary may vary by location. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, competencies, experience, market demands, internal parity, and relevant education or training.

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Benefits, PTO & Equity

We are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including:

Health Coverage: Company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for you and your dependents.
Health Savings Account (HSA): Available for eligible plans.
Disability Insurance: Company-paid long-term disability coverage.
Basic Life Insurance: $50,000 company-paid coverage.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to counseling, coaching, and life resources.
Equity: Ownership in a growing startup.
Retirement Plans: 401(k) with Traditional and Roth options.
PTO: Discretionary unlimited PTO (we trust you to take the time you need).
Holidays: 12 annual paid holidays.
Parental Leave: 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Remote-First Environment: Work primarily remotely with flexibility and support to thrive, within the United States.

About You

About QC Ware

Promethium, a QC Ware enterprise SaaS platform, specializes in quantum-inspired computational chemistry. It empowers customers in the pharmaceutical, chemicals, and materials industries to accelerate molecular research and design using high-performance GPU-based simulation tools. Promethium modernizes chemistry simulations, enabling faster, more accurate design and production of new materials and drugs.

QC Ware, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, is a quantum computing software company dedicated to making quantum computing accessible to data scientists through innovative algorithms and enterprise solutions. Our work spans quantum machine learning, chemistry, and optimization, bridging today’s high-performance computing with tomorrow’s quantum capabilities.

An Important Note
This role has minimum requirements that are necessary for success. If you meet those minimums but don’t check every box on the preferred qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. You might be exactly the person we’re looking for.

Equal Employment Opportunity
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and celebrate the differences that make us stronger. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Difference makes us better. Join us.

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DevOps Engineer