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Introduction

 

As IBM Quantum mission continues to expand, pushing the boundaries from hardware manufacturing to seamless integration, our internal tooling team plays a crucial role in empowering our researchers and engineers. These teams design increasingly complex hardware components and rely on robust, scalable, and high-availability software systems to accelerate their work. A strong internal tools engineering team is not just a support function—it’s a force multiplier, enabling experts in physics, and data science to iterate faster, store and analyze critical data, and extend tooling themselves.

Your role and responsibilities

The role will inherit a set of disconnected analysis tools that require short-term maintenance and, in some cases, new feature development. However, the real challenge lies in crafting a cohesive and holistic vision for an internal tooling environment that enhances research effectiveness. This is not just about maintaining the status quo—it’s about designing a forward-thinking, adaptable ecosystem that allows researchers to work seamlessly and efficiently.

In an environment where uncertainty is the norm and requirements evolve rapidly, we need a pragmatic and experienced technical lead who can balance best practices with adaptability. This person will work colocated with researchers and scientists, navigating ambiguity to build the internal platforms that drive our innovation forward. If you're passionate about bridging the gap between software and cutting-edge research, this is the role for you.

 

  • Balance pragmatic problem-solving with strategy definition, and implementation.
  • Identify and understand the needs of internal teams.
  • Reproduce relevant workflows to accurately address problems.
  • Design scalable and resilient solutions that stand the test of time.
  • Prioritize work based on evolving team needs and project impact.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

 

  • Full-stack experience.
  • Practitioner of agile methodologies.
  • 5+ years of experience as a Tech Lead
  • 1+ years working with researchers.
  • Strong knowledge of best practices, without being dogmatic.
  • Ability to navigate high-uncertainty environments and work with open-ended, changing requirements.


Preferred technical and professional experience

 

  • Experience with programming languages such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, C++
  • Previous experience in internal tooling or platform teams.
  • Background in physics, or data science.
  • Experience in systems development and hardware programming.
  • Solid understanding of statistical analysis.


ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences


We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.


This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.