Job Details

Job Summary:

Rigetti Computing is a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, seeking a Software Infrastructure Manager to lead the team responsible for building and operating the software infrastructure that powers their quantum computing platform. The role involves managing infrastructure engineering, enhancing operational processes, and supporting the transition to hybrid deployments across cloud and on-prem environments.

Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership and cohesion for the infrastructure engineering team, helping align priorities and ownership across the group
• Manage and support the development of infrastructure engineers while fostering a collaborative and sustainable team culture
• Increase organizational resilience by reducing reliance on individual experts and building stronger shared knowledge across the team
• Support hiring and help build the case for expanding the infrastructure team as the company grows
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the infrastructure supporting Rigetti's quantum computing platform, including AWS-based cloud systems, Kubernetes-orchestrated container workloads, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI), infrastructure automation (Terraform and Ansible), and backend services built primarily in Python/Flask.
• Support data infrastructure including Postgres databases and Kafka streaming pipelines
• Maintain hybrid infrastructure integrating cloud systems with on-prem laboratory and fabrication environments
• Improve internal developer tooling and infrastructure usability to increase engineering productivity across teams
• Guide architecture discussions around hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure supporting both research environments and external deployments
• Help mature Rigetti's infrastructure capabilities as the company scales by introducing more robust operational practices and processes
• Improve system resilience, reliability, and documentation for production environments
• Identify opportunities to simplify overly complex infrastructure patterns and improve operational efficiency, including examining/improving cost structure
• Work closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams including software engineers, quantum engineers, and hardware teams
• Support the company's transition toward external hardware deployments, requiring infrastructure that operates across both cloud and on-prem environments
• Integrate infrastructure systems with lab devices, fabrication environments, and specialized hardware platforms
• Manage relationships with infrastructure and networking vendors
• Evaluate long-term networking strategy and opportunities to bring additional networking capabilities in-house
• Coordinate with contractors and partners supporting infrastructure and networking systems

Qualifications:
Required:
• Experience leading or managing Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE teams
• Experience building infrastructure in startup or rapidly evolving environments
• Strong hands-on experience with modern infrastructure stacks including: AWS or other major cloud providers
• Kubernetes and containerized workloads
• Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience supporting production distributed systems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across highly technical teams

Company:

Rigetti Computing is a quantum computing company that builds and deploys full-stack quantum systems with superconducting qubits. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in Berkeley, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.