Sr. Control System Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
QuEra Computing, Inc. · Boston, MA
$160,000–$225,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure and reliability engineering role focused on keeping a quantum computing control stack running across both development and production environments. Day-to-day work spans managing heterogeneous hardware and software systems — including networking gear, containerized services, and hardware-in-the-loop setups — alongside building CI/CD pipelines, automating provisioning, and supporting observability and incident response. Suits an experienced systems or SRE professional comfortable bridging custom hardware with modern DevOps tooling.
Senior level · 10+ years · Boston, MA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 75 people in the Boston, MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 15–110
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $119,338 (middle half $97,590–$141,760). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role title combines 'Sr. Control System Engineer/SRE' — the day-to-day work spans both infrastructure operations (networking, Linux/Windows admin, rack servers) and software-automation/DevOps (CI/CD pipelines, IaC, scripting). 15-1244 was chosen because the primary emphasis is on operating, maintaining, and integrating heterogeneous hardware/software systems rather than shipping a software product; 15-1252 is a genuine runner-up given the scripting, CI/CD, and automation scope.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent practical experience', so no formal degree is hard-gated.
Observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack) are listed under Required Qualifications with 'e.g.' framing, indicating the specific tools are interchangeable examples of the capability; all three are captured as alternatives on one skill entry.
CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins) and IaC platforms (Ansible, Terraform) are similarly framed with 'e.g.' / 'or similar' under Required Qualifications — treated as hard gates on the capability with named alternatives.
Preferred Qualifications items (embedded/custom hardware, HIL pipelines, HPC/scientific computing, quantum software stacks) are marked as preferred. The 'ability to thrive in fast-moving R&D teams' soft-skill preference was omitted as it names no concrete technology.
Location is inferred as the Boston, MA metro based on QuEra Computing's known headquarters; the posting does not explicitly state a city. No remote or hybrid language appears in the posting.
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