DevOps Team Lead

Qblox is a deep tech scale-up accelerating the race toward scalable quantum computers. We develop the world’s most advanced quantum control stacks—technology used by R&D teams across the globe to push the boundaries of physics and computing. Our products combine precision electronics, FPGA systems, and proprietary sequence processors to control thousands of qubits with nanosecond accuracy.

We are seeking a DevOps Team Lead to build and grow our DevOps function across FPGA, embedded systems, and high‑level software. This role combines hands‑on technical work with formal people management. You will start with two senior engineers, define ways of working, and expand the team to tackle a large backlog.

Success requires not just technical expertise but also leading the organizational change needed for DevOps to thrive – helping teams adopt modern practices, improving how work is delivered, and embedding security, compliance, and governance into every process.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor engineers, manage performance reviews, and support career development.
• Recruit and grow the team, manage workload and priorities, and foster a service‑oriented culture.

Process & Change

• Define DevOps ways of working.
• Drive organizational change management to align teams with DevOps and continuous improvement.
• Establish backlog management and request handling processes.

Technical Delivery

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for FPGA, embedded, and software projects.
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Improve infrastructure reliability, scalability, and monitoring.
• Work with current tooling. We use Podman, Ansible, Terraform, GCP, libvirt + QEMU (KVM).

Security & Governance

• Define secure DevOps practices and compliance frameworks.
• Integrate governance and change control into fast‑paced workflows.
• Balance delivery speed with risk management and auditability.

Why Join Qblox?

Join a unique, hyper-growth environment where you will help bring world-changing deep-tech to the market. We offer a high-curiosity, high-performance culture where you will collaborate alongside a passionate, interdisciplinary team of top-tier scientists and engineers.

To support our team, we offer a highly attractive and comprehensive benefits package:

• Hybrid Flexibility: A healthy work-life balance with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.
• Time to Recharge: 30 days of paid vacation per year on top of national holidays
• Future Security: Highly competitive base salary with a generous 14% employer contribution to your pension.
• Skin in the Game: Company equity (Stock Appreciation Rights) so you can share in our long-term success.
• Global Mobility: We provide a relocation package and full visa sponsorship for international hires and their families moving to the Netherlands.
• Global Impact: Opportunities for growth, including representing Qblox at international conferences, partner engagements, and customer visits.

About Qblox

At Qblox, we operate at the frontier of the quantum revolution, delivering the advanced control stack technologies essential for building scalable Quantum Computers. This rapidly growing field is set to impact society on a global scale. Since 2019, Qblox has grown into a dynamic company of 180+ innovative minds. With our headquarters in Delft, Netherlands, and our second office in Boston, USA, our dedicated team of physicists, engineers, and developers pushes the boundaries of quantum technology to support experimentalists across the globe.

We celebrate equality and diversity. As an exponentially growing scale-up, we welcome talented individuals who share our enthusiasm to make a real difference. Our active Diversity & Inclusion and Culture Committees work continuously to enrich our workplace, ensuring we build a team that represents a rich variety of backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and skills.