Join IonQ as a Product Manager to shape developer tools for quantum computing with a focus on user needs and engineering collaboration.
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Last verified on the company career page 57 minutes ago
What you'll build
- Own and maintain a prioritized backlog
- Define product requirements and user stories
- Participate in technical tradeoff discussions
- Embed with engineering teams
- Coordinate release notes and documentation
Must have
- 3–5 years of product management experience
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field
- Experience working in agile engineering teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Python
- Familiarity with compilers and optimization toolchains
- Exposure to quantum computing frameworks
- Experience with open-source developer communities
Practical constraints
- Able to commute to Bothell at least twice a week
- Travel: 10% (likely 2–4 times a year)
Requirements
- Experience
- 3–5 years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Product Manager for Developer Tools and Compiler at IonQ is responsible for managing the product backlog and translating user needs into actionable requirements for the engineering team. The position requires a strong technical background, particularly in developer tools, SDKs, and agile methodologies, along with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone with 3-5 years of product management experience who is comfortable navigating complex technical discussions and is eager to contribute to the development of quantum computing tools.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 17, 2026. Last confirmed on IonQ's careers page October 17, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Product roles (median ~$184,000).
- Starts above 22% of 64 comparable mid product roles in United States we track (median $155,500 across 43 companies).
- Python appears in 5.5% of 146 comparable mid product roles in United States; Agile appears in 2.1% of 146 comparable mid product roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Product Manager, Developer Tools & Compiler role remote?
- It's hybrid — IonQ expects some on-site time in Bothell, Washington, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- IonQ lists $124,000–$186,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 3–5 years of relevant experience for this Product Manager, Developer Tools & Compiler role.
- Where is the role based?
- IonQ is hiring for this position in Bothell, Washington, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: APIs, Agile, Python, SDK, compilers, quantum computing.
- What seniority level is this role?
- IonQ targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Product Manager, Developer Tools & Compiler role at IonQ.
From the original posting
About IonQ:
We are looking for a technical, detail-oriented Product Manager to own the product backlog for IonQ's developer tools and compiler. This includes our SDK, compilation and optimization toolchain, simulators, and integrations with popular quantum frameworks. You'll be part of IonQ's Compute Product Management team. You'll embed with the engineering teams that build these tools and help turn strategy into clear, prioritized, buildable work.
In this role, you'll be the day-to-day product partner for engineering. You'll translate developer and customer needs into well-defined requirements, set and defend priorities, write acceptance criteria that make "done" clear, and make sure what ships solves real user problems. You'll work closely with Engineering, Developer Experience, Applications Research, and Customer Success to shape how researchers and developers build on IonQ hardware.
You don't need a background in quantum computing. You DO need a strong technical foundation, real empathy for developers, and the discipline to turn ambiguous problems into precise, testable requirements. This role suits someone who is curious, comfortable in fast-moving technical discussions, and motivated by seeing their work show up in the tools developers use every day.
If you're passionate about developer tools and excited to help shape how the world programs quantum computers, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Prioritize the Backlog: Own and maintain a prioritized backlog of features, improvements and bug fixes. Weigh user impact, business value, technical effort and dependencies. Make clear tradeoff calls and explain the reasoning to engineering and stakeholders.
- Define Requirements & Acceptance Criteria: Turn user needs, customer feedback and roadmap goals into clear product requirements and user stories with actionable, defined goals. Work with engineering and QA to confirm what ships meets those goals.
- Understand the Technology: Learn IonQ's compiler, gate sets, simulation and SDK architecture well enough to take part in technical tradeoff discussions. Know where compiler performance, circuit fidelity and developer usability pull against each other.
- Partner with Engineering: Embed with the developer tools and compiler engineering teams as their primary product counterpart. Join sprint planning, backlog grooming, design reviews and standups. Be available to answer product questions quickly so the team keeps moving.
- Ship and Iterate: Shepherd features from definition through release. Coordinate release notes, documentation and enablement with Developer Experience. Measure adoption and quality after launch, and feed what you learn back into the backlog.
You'd be a good fit with:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent real-world experience
- 3–5 years of product management experience, preferably on developer tools, SDKs, APIs, compilers or technical platform products
- A proven track record of writing clear product requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria that engineering teams can build and test against
- Experience working day to day in agile engineering teams: running backlog grooming, taking part in sprint planning, and making real-time prioritization calls
- Enough technical skill to read code, use an SDK yourself, and hold your own in architecture and API design discussions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
You'd be a great fit with:
- Hands-on experience with Python and scientific or numerical computing libraries
- Familiarity with compilers, intermediate representations, or optimization toolchains (e.g., LLVM, MLIR, or domain-specific compilers)
- Exposure to quantum computing frameworks such as Qiskit, Cirq, or PennyLane, or a background in quantum information science
- Experience with open-source developer communities, including GitHub-based issue triage and community feedback loops
- Experience defining benchmarks or performance and correctness criteria for technical products
- Familiarity with HPC, cloud computing, or scientific research computing environments
Location: Bothell, WA (or able to commute to it at least twice a week)
Travel: 10% (likely 2–4 times a year for team on-sites and partner visits)
If this role has a commission structure, the compensation range below just reflects the base compensation range.
Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience of the final candidate(s), specific office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k), unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.
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