IonQ: jobs, salaries and hiring

Hiring now

• 101

  open professional roles

• 188

  opened in the last 90 days

  222 in the last 12 months

• 23%

  of roles are remote

• 9

  states hiring

  California, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts

What it hires for: Engineering (116), Sales (27), Operations (14), Legal (8), Finance (7). By level: senior ic (105), director (35), mid level (27), early career (21), senior manager (17).

Where: Remote, US (29), Bothell, Washington, United States (24), College Park, Maryland, United States (19), Pleasanton, CA, USA (16), Santa Clara, California, United States (12), United States, Remote (12), College Park, MD, USA (9), Pleasanton, California, United States (8).

IonQ outlook: Building

From public records and our own hiring data, as of the last check. It looks at layoff notices, capital raised and how fast roles are opening. It does not judge the company by its industry or its city.

• 101 open professional roles, 188 opened in the last 90 days
• No layoff notices on record in the last 24 months
• Capital raised, filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (3 filings)

Context

• Its industry, Technology & Software, is cooling nationally. Learn the skills it asks for.

IonQ hiring at a glance

• We have tracked IonQ's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 223 professional roles in that time.
• 8 of IonQ's 89 open roles (9%) are entry-level or early-career.
• 10 open roles (11%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include AWS Bedrock, Copilot Studio, CUDA, Databricks.
• Of the 17 open roles that state where the work happens, 15 remote, 1 hybrid, 1 on-site.
• Among open roles, 5 require a security clearance.
• 68% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 35% for Technology & Software employers.
• 12 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 29 days ago.
• By open professional roles, IonQ ranks #200 of 1,821 Technology & Software employers we track.

What IonQ asks for

AI tools named: AWS Bedrock (1), Copilot Studio (1), CUDA (1), Databricks (1), LangChain/LangGraph (1), Make.com (1).

How IonQ compares with Technology & Software employers

Median across 1,781 Technology & Software employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.

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Open roles

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• Senior Technical Program ManagerLouisville, KY · $124k–$155k
• Senior Staff Electrical EngineerLouisville, KY · $168k–$220k
• Senior Manager, Electrical EngineeringLouisville, KY
• Senior Rust Software EngineerPleasanton, CA, USA · $142k–$186k
• Senior Engineer - ElectricalPleasanton, CA, USA · $140k–$175k
• Staff Electrical Engineer - TestingPleasanton, CA, USA · $163k–$234k
• Staff Scientist - Quantum Characterization & BenchmarkingBoulder, CO, USA, Remote, Bothell, WA, USA, College Park, MD, USA

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What IonQ pays

Across 150 postings with a posted range, pay is in line with the market range for the same roles. 68% of its roles post a salary range.

Only salary ranges the employer posted. No estimates.

IonQ news from SEC filings

Acquisitions, leadership changes and capital raised by IonQ, from its SEC filings in the last 12 months.

• Capital raised · Sold shares outside a registered offeringNov 5, 2026 · SEC filing
• Acquisition or sale · Completed an acquisition or sale of assetsNov 5, 2026 · SEC filing
• Capital raised · Sold shares outside a registered offeringOct 13, 2026 · SEC filing
• Leadership change · Executive or director changeAug 28, 2026 · SEC filing
• Capital raised · Sold shares outside a registered offeringAug 7, 2026 · SEC filing

Conferences where IonQ appears

Listed as an exhibitor, sponsor or speaker on the event’s own pages.

• GEOINT Symposium

Common questions

Is IonQ hiring?

IonQ has 101 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 188 opened in the last 90 days and 222 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.

How well does IonQ pay?

Across 150 postings with a posted salary range, IonQ's pay is in line with the market range for the same roles. We compare each posted range with the market range for the same title, function and area.

Does IonQ hire entry-level candidates?

Yes. 8 of IonQ's 89 open roles (9%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.

Does IonQ offer remote or hybrid jobs?

Of the 17 open roles that state where the work happens, 15 remote, 1 hybrid, 1 on-site.

What skills does IonQ ask for?

Across its open roles the skills named most often are financial modeling (78), logistics (78), python (25), jira (9), aws (8), supply chain (8).