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Backend Software Developer - IBM Quantum

IBM

Software Engineering

Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Posted on Feb 6, 2026

Introduction

At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what’s next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society.

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Software Developer to join our Backend Software Services team. This role is for those who crave technical challenges and thrive in environments where innovation is the norm. You’ll work on cutting-edge problems, from orchestrating complex job execution pipelines to dynamically managing resources for maximum efficiency. The systems you help build will directly impact real-world applications in fields like cryptography, AI, and scientific research, unlocking new possibilities in optimization and materials discovery.

Your role and responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for designing robust systems, improving performance, enhancing fault tolerance, and driving the productization of critical services. Through collaborative programming, design sessions, and rigorous code reviews, you’ll contribute to building scalable and resilient platforms that enable quantum workloads to run efficiently and reliably. Our work is critical to transforming complex quantum concepts into scalable, real-world solutions that are shaping the future of computing. Joining this team as a Software Engineer means stepping into a high-impact role where you’ll develop and optimize services running on both cloud and on-premise infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable backend services.
- Design APIs and microservices that enable seamless interaction between users, quantum processors and classical computing resources. a
- Optimize distributed systems improving the performance, reliability and scalability of quantum computing workloads.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including quantum researchers, frontend developers and DevOps engineers to deliver robust solutions.
- Implement security best practices to ensure secure execution and access control for quantum workloads.
- Shape and elevate a top-tier engineering team through leadership.
- Innovate solutions that are pivotal to the quantum computing community and scientific research.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Proficiency in languages like Golang, C, Rust or Python with a track record of building production-level backend applications.
Strong background and proficiency in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, reliable web services, RESTful APIs or gRPC for service communication.
Experience working with container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)
Solid experience working with database technologies (e.g., SQL, Postgres).
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across time-zones

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience with monitoring and alerting systems such as Grafana, Sysdig, or similar tools, ensuring system reliability and proactive issue resolution.
Exposure to L3 support engineering practices, including designing, developing, and testing solutions to resolve complex customer-reported problems.
Familiarity with event-driven architectures to build scalable, loosely coupled systems.
Hands-on experience working with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code and automated testing.
Understanding of distributed systems and messaging queues to support reliable communication between services
Experience with HPC schedulers such as slurm or LSF, from using such components to developing them.

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 500 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. 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), cash balance pension plan, 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.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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