Software Infrastructure Manager

About the Role

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.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Leadership & Team Management

• 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 organisational 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 Development

• 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

Infrastructure Maturity & Operational Excellence

• 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

Cross-Functional Infrastructure Support

• 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 specialised hardware platforms

Vendor & Networking Coordination

• 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

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 containerised workloads
• Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience supporting production distributed systems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across highly technical teams

Additional Information

As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.