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.

Enough about us, what about you?
In order to really enjoy and succeed in this role, we imagine that your background will include the following:

● Experience in DevOps leadership or senior DevOps roles.

● Strong background in CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure management.

● Proven success in organizational change management.

● Strong communication and prioritization skills.

● Hands‑on experience with containerization, deployment, and cloud tooling.

● Knowledge of security, compliance, and governance in DevOps environments.

● Familiarity with FPGA toolchains and embedded workflows.