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Join the Quantum Revolution at IonQ! Meet some of the leaders behind our mission to tackle the world's toughest problems, and why they chose to work with the brilliant minds at IonQ.
The following set of values define the ethos of IonQ’s culture and the necessary behaviors, mindsets, and ways of working required to achieve our mission and objectives. These values are the foundation for how decisions are made for hiring, onboarding, annual rewards, promotions, development, recognition, and performance management.
Pioneer and break barriers
To Pioneer and Break Barriers is to demonstrate unwavering curiosity, resilience, and adaptability, seeking new knowledge despite challenges and embracing the unknown with humility and courage. It involves defying limits and constraints with a visionary mindset that imagines and creates future possibilities, combining creativity and critical thinking to challenge existing paradigms and drive continuous progress.
Bias for action
Bias for Action is to demonstrate decisiveness and proactivity, swiftly moving from idea to implementation. It means being driven by a sense of urgency and a willingness to take measured risks, continuously pushing forward to achieve results.
Customer mindset
Customer Mindset embodies our commitment to building the world’s best commercial quantum computers. It means that every employee is crucial to designing, building, selling, and supporting IonQ's products and services and is united by a common goal of building solutions our customers are delighted to buy and use.
One team
One Team is excelling in collaboration, consistently supporting and uplifting colleagues to achieve shared goals. It means communicating effectively, building trust, and demonstrating reliability. It means embracing open debate and actively supporting decisions once made, ensuring every team member's unique strengths add value to the team's success and enhance our overall performance.
Owner's mentality
Owner's Mentality is taking personal responsibility for outcomes and demonstrating accountability in all actions and tasks. It involves optimizing resources by being mindful of spending - both money and time - always seeking to maximize value and minimize waste. This mindset prioritizes long-term financial stability and making thoughtful decisions that balance cost, time, and quality, all in the best interest of IonQ to drive sustained growth, improvement, and results.
Enjoy the ride
Enjoy the Ride is experiencing our work as meaningful and enjoyable, even though it’s hard, unpredictable, and ambiguous at times. It embodies the idea that solving difficult problems and continuously learning provides purpose and fulfillment and making significant impacts is motivating, gratifying, and inspiring. It means embracing the journey with a positive mindset and finding joy in every step of our professional adventure.
Our diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging purpose
We aspire to make diversity, inclusion and belonging a core part of our fundamental values to empower every team member to feel secure being themselves and valued as a contributor to the organization. Our goal is to achieve a company culture that fosters support by embracing differences and promoting equity through collaboration, partnership, and building trust at every level.
Every IonQ manager is held accountable for knowing and promoting the value of including diverse perspectives in problem solving and decision making. Managers are responsible for creating an environment of belonging and modeling it on their teams so team members feel welcome. They are also expected to foster open dialogue and create a workplace that is safe for interpersonal risk-taking, vulnerability, and failure.
Our employees' wellbeing matters to us, and benefits are an important piece of that. IonQ is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package.
Compensation & equity
We offer a competitive base salary, performance bonus, and equity as part of the total package.
Parental leave
Paid maternity/paternity/bonding leave for eligible employees.
Health
Medical, dental & vision insurance, and an HSA for eligible employees and their family.
Time off
PTO/Vacation: We offer flexible paid time off without a set limit.
Sick time: Employees receive a front-loaded amount of Paid Sick and Safe Leave per year.
Retirement
401(k) offered and we will match up to 5% (vesting over 2 years)
Legal benefits
IonQ provides optional legal benefits in partnership with MetLife, encompassing a wide range of legal support services for eligible employees.
Employee assistance program
At IonQ, prioritizing mental health and well-being of our people is paramount. That is why we provide mental health benefits for eligible employees through Guardian, completely free of charge. We also provide workplace accommodations for physical or mental health concerns.
Flexible workplace
We have offices located in College Park, Maryland; Bothell, Washington; Toronto, Canada; and Basel, Switzerland. While many employees work from an IonQ office multiple days per week, many are remote across 30+ US states.
Employees are provided with flexibility regarding how often they work from an office, depending on the type of work being performed.
Other fun perks
Commuter Benefits are offered on a pre-tax basis for public transportation or your bicycle.
Pet Insurance
IonQ Swag
Free Snacks/Drinks in offices
Please note: The above is a summary of coverage only. Actual benefits and conditions are per company and benefits provider policies.
Recruiting Process:
- Submit Application
- Resume Review by Hiring Team
- Recruiter Screen - Followed by a coding assignment for Software roles
- Hiring Manager / Technical Screen - Followed by a Take Home Challenge for some technical roles
- Team Interview
- Career Story & Technical Project Presentation
- 1:1 interviews will follow the presentation
- Wrap up with the Recruiter
- Reference check & Background check
- Hiring Decision
Interview tips:
- Review our company, business, and recent news to gain confidence in our products and confirm you're excited about joining us! We don't need you to be an expert; however, we want you to be prepared if someone asks why you're excited about our technology.
- Know our company values. Our interview process focuses on these key aspects of our culture and your experience.
- For some of our openings, you may be asked to write code, share a creative portfolio, or provide other examples of your work. Ask your recruiter what specifically will be involved.
- Our interviews are virtual over Zoom. Test Zoom before your interview to ensure it works for your computer setup.
- Interviews will combine technical, behavioral, and situational questions. There will also be time for questions regarding the job, the team, and IonQ. We want you to ensure it’s a fit for you, too!
- We recommend you use the STAR model when answering questions. This will help you clarify and structure your responses (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Also, use unique examples with each interviewer to demonstrate your breadth of experience.
- Technical Screen Tips: Be yourself! We want to get to know the authentic you! We know interviews can be nerve-wracking, but we will do our best to make you feel comfortable. Please let us know ahead of time if you need any accommodations.
- Stay Connected! - Follow us on LinkedIn on the IonQ Company page to learn what new and exciting things are happening!
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