The future is quantum. Oxford Ionics is a high-performance quantum computing company delivering world-leading innovations to create the most powerful, accurate and reliable quantum computers to solve the world's most important problems. Quantum Computing offers a radically new way of building computers that harnesses the power of quantum physics to outperform conventional supercomputers exponentially. Using our unique trapped-ion technology, we are at the forefront of the race to unleash the real potential of quantum computing.
What to expectWe’re looking for an enthusiastic and hands-on Software Engineering Manager who will thrive in our dynamic cross-disciplinary environment. You’d be working closely with our skilled software engineers and our world-leading quantum scientists to plan and manage the development of software that powers our quantum computers.
You’d be joining an established software team of four software engineers. We have some well-established ways of working that we’re confident in, and other aspects of our work that we need your help with! In particular, we are looking forward to having someone on the team who is excited about and skilled at management. We want someone who is excited to collaborate as a member of the software team to figure out new processes and to take on the responsibilities that we haven’t been doing justice.
You’d be reporting directly to Tom, our CTO and co-founder.
What you’ll be responsible forRequirements
Communication and technical knowledgeYour communication skills will be vital in successfully sharing information across team boundaries. The level of experience and interaction with software varies greatly across our technical teams, and we need someone confident being the face of the software team across these different contexts.
We need someone who can confidently translate potentially vague feature requests and user needs into more concrete information that can be used within the software team. You should be confident discussing potential software solutions with the software engineers at an architectural level. Understanding software terms and having a feel for what might be feasible in software is necessary to succeed in this task, so we expect you will have some past experience as a software engineer.
Management experienceSome experience in the management responsibilities outlined above is important to us, but we’re open to candidates who either have a long track record in technical management, or who have only recently started growing their careers in this direction.
CultureWe want you to share our enthusiasm for collaboration both inside the software team, and in the wider team of engineers and scientists at Oxford Ionics. We are building cutting-edge technology, and we can’t do that without working effectively together. To us, that means respect for the different skills (technical and otherwise) that go towards building quantum