Quantiphi is an award-winning AI-first digital engineering company driven by the desire to solve transformational problems at the heart of business. Quantiphi solves the toughest and complex business problems by combining deep industry experience, disciplined cloud, and data-engineering practices, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence research to achieve quantifiable business impact at unprecedented speed.
HQ: Boston, United States • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
≈ $25k – $71k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, Mumbai, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
DevOps
AWS
Quantum
Amazon Braket
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Infleqtion is a quantum technology company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and founded in 2007 under the name ColdQuanta. The company builds products from cold atom physics, including quantum computers, atomic clocks, radio frequency sensors, and inertial navigation systems that work where satellite signals are unavailable. It supplies research institutions, defense agencies, and commercial customers, and took its current name in a 2022 rebrand.
HQ: Boulder, United States • Navigation & Mapping • Space & Aerospace • Sensors • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Hardware • Quantum Computing Hardware • Est. 2007
$145k – $170k per year • Equity • In office (Chicago, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
C++
Go
Julia
Python
Rust
JavaScript
Python
Django
FastAPI
Flask
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
gRPC
Kubernetes
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
$145k – $170k per year • Equity • Junior • In office (Chicago, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
Rust
Python
FastAPI
PyQt
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
GCP
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Stim
$145k – $170k per year • Equity • Junior • In office (Chicago, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Julia
Python
Python
FastAPI
PyQt
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
GitHub
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Stim
Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim created IonQ in 2015 after over 25 years of research. Their preliminary investment amounted to $2 million from the University of Maryland and Duke University, which enabled them to develop trapped ion quantum computers. Within a few years, they constructed two of the most accurate quantum computers in the world, garnering additional funding from Amazon Web Services, Google's GV, and NEA.
Washington • Louisville • Boston • Oxford • Denver • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
$60k – $140k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Bothell, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Python
Rust
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Quantum
Cirq
IonQ
PennyLane
Qiskit
$60k – $140k per year • Equity • Executive • 12+ years exp • In office (Washington, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Principal
Cirq
IonQ
PennyLane
Qiskit
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • AI Infrastructure • Semiconductors • AI Agents • Big Data • LLM & Generative AI • Machine Learning • Hardware • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993
$184k – $288k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, New York, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
OpenQASM
OpenQASM
NVIDIA cuQuantum
Qiskit Aer
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
AI Agents
NCCL
DevOps
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Stim
$224k – $357k per year • Senior • 12+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Westford, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
OpenQASM
OpenQASM
NVIDIA cuQuantum
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
DevOps
Platform Engineering
SLURM
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Oxford Quantum Circuits is a quantum hardware and Quantum-Compute-as-a-Service (QCaaS) enterprise. Headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, and spun out of the University of Oxford, the deep-tech firm designs and manufactures superconducting quantum processors built on its proprietary, patented Coaxmon and 3D-integrated Dimon® qubit architectures.
HQ: Reading, United Kingdom • Hardware • Science & Engineering • Quantum Computing Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing
In office (Reading, United Kingdom) • Full-Time
Python
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge company founded in 2018 that builds networking hardware for quantum computers. Its interconnects and control systems link separate quantum processors into larger machines and support quantum data centre architectures. The company spun out of the Cavendish Laboratory.
HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom • Science & Engineering • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Est. 2018
In office (Cambridge, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time
Python
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Booz Allen Hamilton is a major American management and technology consulting firm that provides strategic, engineering, and cybersecurity services primarily to the U.S. government, defense agencies, and commercial clients. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company is known for its deep expertise in defense, intelligence, and civil infrastructure. Today, it plays a central role in national security and government modernization by deploying advanced capabilities in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and cyber defense.
HQ: McLean, United States • Military • Information Technology • IT Consulting • Government • Cybersecurity • Homeland Security • National Security • 5000+ employees • Est. 1914
$78k – $176k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Washington, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Rust
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
DevOps
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
IQM Quantum Computers is a European leader in building full-stack, superconducting quantum systems for research institutions, supercomputing centers, and enterprises. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, the company designs and manufactures specialized hardware, algorithms, and cloud software to solve computational challenges beyond the capability of classical machines. Its technology aims to accelerate breakthrough discoveries across key industries, including medicine, energy, materials science, and finance.
Munich • Espoo • Science & Engineering • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
≈ $56k – $134k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Quantum
Cirq
IQM
PennyLane
Qiskit
D-Wave is an industry leader in the development and production of quantum computing systems, software, and services. As the first commercial supplier of quantum computers, D-Wave is at the forefront of the dual development of quantum annealing and gate-model systems. D-Wave helps companies use quantum tech to solve real-world problems right now.
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Science & Engineering • Quantum Computing Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing
$125k – $187k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (New Haven, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Q#
SQL
C++
LLVM
Q#
Quantum Intermediate Representation
Databases
Oracle
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
QunaSys is a Tokyo quantum computing company founded in 2018 that develops algorithms and software for quantum chemistry. Its QamuyA platform lets chemical and pharmaceutical researchers run molecular simulations on quantum and classical hardware. The company collaborates with Japanese industry consortia exploring practical quantum applications.
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2018
In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
C++
Python
Rust
OpenQASM
C++
LLVM
OpenQASM
NVIDIA cuQuantum
AI/ML
Jupyter Notebook
NumPy
SciPy
DevOps
Docker
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Management
Slack
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| All levels |
11 |
$170K |
$176K |
$182K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 17 open Cirq jobs from 10 companies. 1 of them was posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 8 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
11 of these Cirq jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $170K and $182K a year, with a median of $176K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are United States (3) and Japan (1). 12% offer a hybrid arrangement, while the rest expect you on site.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Cirq jobs right now are Infleqtion (6), Ionq (2), NVIDIA (2), Quantiphi (1), Oxford Quantum Circuits (1), and Nu Quantum (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Qiskit (17), Cirq (17), Python (15), C++ (10), PennyLane (9), CI/CD (9), AWS (7), and PostgreSQL (7). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Cirq jobs, 1 states visa sponsorship and 5 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
