Team Leader, Software Infrastructure / DevOps
Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Espoo, Finland
At IQM, we build world-leading quantum computers for the well-being of humankind. We design systems to tackle computational challenges beyond the practical limits of classical machines. Our work sits at the edge of science and engineering. It's complex, demanding, and deeply collaborative. We turn deep research into reliable, full-stack systems that drive discoveries in fields like medicine, energy, and technology, reshaping how the world computes.
Join the team that gives quantum a heartbeat.
The work
Great software needs a development environment that helps people do their best work. As our DevOps Team Lead, you will lead the team behind the platforms, infrastructure and tooling that help IQM’s software developers build, test and release efficiently.
You will combine people's leadership, technical direction, and hands-on engineering for a team of five DevOps and infrastructure engineers. Your scope includes our GitLab based CI/CD platform, the infrastructure it runs on, our cross software DevEx strategy, and our software release management.
Reporting to the Head of Software Development, you will work closely with software teams, architects, QA, IT and cybersecurity. You will treat software developers as your team’s customers, turning their feedback into clear backlog priorities and measurable improvements.
What you’ll actually do:
Lead and develop the team through regular meetings, performance reviews, career development, recognition, and fair promotion and compensation decisions. Hire the people the team needs as it grows.
Steer the technical direction and backlog prioritization, balancing developer needs, platform optimization, security, and longer-term improvements.
Strengthen the team’s efforts to deliver the best developer experience across IQM by gathering feedback through developer surveys and introducing metrics that turn findings into practical improvements.
Optimize GitLab to fully support CI. Align with architects and QA on cross-team workflows, and partner with IT to remove downtime and blockers, giving software teams the autonomy they need.
Provide oversight of cloud IaC projects using Terraform and Ansible, from greenfield builds to migrations, understanding the approach well enough to steer decisions and unblock teams.
Support observability tools (metrics, logs, alerting)
Maintain embedded security pipelines, dependency and container scanning, secrets detection and SBOMs.
Work with cybersecurity colleagues to improve protection while keeping development workflows practical, and support relevant compliance needs such as ISO 27001, IEC 62443 and the Cyber Resilience Act.
What we’re looking for:
Professional Experience:
A software engineering background and demonstrated experience in DevOps.
At least 2 years of experience leading an engineering team, including hiring, individual meetings, performance reviews and career development.
Experience guiding a team through significant change, such as infrastructure migration, organizational change or a platform launch.
Proven experience improving developer experience, supported by developer feedback or measurable results.
Technical:
Strong experience with version control platforms used daily by multiple software teams.
Practical knowledge of Linux, Python, shell scripting, cloud services and on-premises infrastructure, including Terraform, Ansible, Docker and Docker Compose.
Ability to translate stakeholder needs into clear technical priorities, explain technical decisions and communicate how platform changes affect developers.
Leadership & Collaboration:
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to understand different needs, manage expectations, balance competing priorities and build effective relationships across the organization.
A collaborative leader who works closely with other engineering teams and stakeholders across IQM to understand their needs, align priorities and find practical solutions.
A supportive leader who removes obstacles, empowers team members, encourages knowledge sharing and creates an environment where people feel comfortable asking questions and learning from one another.
Ability to address disagreements constructively, facilitate difficult conversations and resolve conflicts within the team and across different stakeholders.
A curious and continuous learner who keeps up with new technologies, welcomes feedback and encourages the team to explore better ways of working.
Fluent English, with the ability to communicate effectively and collaborate across teams and locations.
Nice to have:
Experience developing internal developer platforms, developer portals or service catalogs.
Experience with DevSecOps tooling such as Aikido, automated security scanning and secure software supply chains.
Experience supporting software security and compliance in an industrial or similarly regulated environment.
Why IQM?
Full-stack quantum computing: From quantum hardware to software layers and beyond, we build across the full-stack.
High-performance playground: We aim high, and we know sustainable performance only works when life outside work does too—hybrid setups, flexible hours.
Never the smartest: Expect to learn constantly. You won't always be the smartest person in the room, and that's the point.
Approachable leadership: Flat hierarchy, direct access. Feel free to approach any leaders. They're friendlier than they look!
The sweet spot: Big enough to matter. Small enough to move fast. Growing between a startup and a corporation. We’re in the phase where top performers get noticed.
Bigger than IQM: Our people build know-how for the entire quantum ecosystem. We publish papers, run hackathons, and help shape a market that's still being defined.
The future of computing won’t build itself. You might be one of the few who do.
Meet our people and learn more about IQM on our stories page.
Explore our scientific publications.
We'll start interviews and move forward with hiring as soon as we meet strong candidates. Please submit your application soon.
600M€+ Total Funding | 300+ Team Members | 30+ Quantum Computers Built | 300+ Patents Filed | 10 Location Globally