Rigetti is seeking a Software Infrastructure Manager to lead the team responsible for building and operating the software infrastructure that powers our quantum computing platform.
You will sit at the intersection of cloud systems, on-prem laboratory infrastructure, and semiconductor fabrication environments, supporting both internal research systems and the infrastructure behind Rigetti’s quantum cloud platform.
This role comes at a critical moment for the company. Rigetti is transitioning from primarily offering quantum computing as a cloud service toward deploying quantum devices in external environments, which requires evolving our infrastructure architecture to support hybrid deployments across cloud and on-prem environments. At the same time, the company is maturing operationally, introducing stronger operational processes, security and compliance frameworks, and greater reliability in production systems.
The Infrastructure Manager will lead a small but highly capable team, helping bring greater structure, resilience, and coordination to the infrastructure organization while ensuring the platform continues to scale alongside the company’s growth.
Rigetti’s environment is technically complex, combining cloud-native systems with specialized quantum hardware and semiconductor fabrication equipment, making infrastructure work both challenging and highly interdisciplinary.
Key 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
Infrastructure Platform DevelopmentLead 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
Infrastructure Maturity & Operational ExcellenceHelp 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
Cross-Functional Infrastructure SupportWork 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 environmentsIntegrate infrastructure systems with lab devices, fabrication environments, and specialized hardware platforms
Vendor & Networking CoordinationManage 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
Requirements
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
Skills Required
- Experience leading or managing Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE teams
- Experience building infrastructure in startup or rapidly evolving environments
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS or other major cloud providers
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads
- Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Experience supporting production distributed systems
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical teams
What We Do
Rigetti Computing is building the world’s most powerful computers to help solve humanity’s most pressing and important problems. These systems will perform computations that today’s fastest supercomputers are incapable of — unlocking entirely new classes of problems and offering a direct path to solutions. We believe quantum computing is going to significantly affect health care, how we treat disease, how we generate energy, and how we feed humanity. Our superconducting quantum computing systems are available over the cloud via Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services. We were founded in 2013 by Chad Rigetti. We are located in Berkeley and Fremont, California, and have employees based all over the world.
