Aliro Careers

Join The Company Building Quantum Networks

Aliro, The Quantum Networking Company®, offers its AliroNet® software stack to run entanglement-based quantum networks for applications such as Quantum Secure Communications (QSC), secure interconnect of clouds and data centers, secure networking of quantum computers, and secure networking of distributed quantum sensors. AliroNet is also used to implement comprehensive Advanced Secure Networks which include Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).  AliroNet users include financial services companies, government agencies (including DoD and IC), utility companies, telecommunications providers, and other enterprises who have a need for the highest security communication networks.  Aliro is disrupting the secure communications market with its revolutionary “physics-based” approach.  Join us for this historic journey!

Security Program Lead

Aliro builds software for entanglement-based quantum networks. Our products support quantum networks being developed by customers at aerospace companies, national labs, academic institutions, and telecommunications providers.

We are hiring a Security Program Lead to own and operate the company's security program. This is a foundational hire and the first dedicated security role at Aliro.

You will not be starting from zero. By the time you join, our fractional CISO will have deployed the GRC platform, drafted core security policies, initiated the asset inventory and security program baseline, established the compliance roadmap, and set the SOC 2 audit timeline. Your job is to take ownership of that foundation and run the program day-to-day: maintaining evidence, managing vendors, responding to customers, and driving the program forward.

You will work alongside the fractional CISO, who provides strategic direction, certification architecture, and customer-facing security leadership. You will report to the CTO.

This role is designed to grow. The initial focus is operationalizing the security program, achieving SOC 2, and supporting enterprise sales. As the company scales and certification workloads increase, this role expands with ownership of the full compliance and certification portfolio.

What You'll Own

Security governance and compliance. Own SOC 2 evidence collection, policy maintenance, risk register updates, and audit coordination. Manage relationships with external auditors, pen test firms, and assessment organizations. Maintain security documentation as living, versioned artifacts — not shelf-ware.

Customer security support. Respond to enterprise security questionnaires (SIG, CAIQ, custom formats). Draft and maintain customer-facing security artifacts: security overview, product architecture briefs, pre-filled questionnaire responses. Be the first responder when a prospect's security team has questions.

Secure development support. Coordinate with the engineering team on CI/CD security tooling (SAST, SCA, secrets detection), SBOM management, vulnerability tracking, and pen test remediation. You don't need to write the code, but you need to understand the pipeline and ensure security gates are operating.

Vendor and tool management. Manage and optimize the GRC platform (Vanta), security scanning tools, and questionnaire automation tooling. Own the operational relationship with third-party security vendors.

Certification preparation (growth area). As the program matures, take increasing ownership of certification tracks — potentially including CMMC, FedRAMP, or FIPS 140-3 — depending on customer and market requirements.

What We're Looking For

2–5 years of hands-on experience in security, GRC, or compliance. Experience with SOC 2 audit preparation is strongly preferred. You've managed vendor relationships with auditors or assessment firms. What matters most is that you know what good security operations look like and can build the habits that sustain them.

Familiarity with secure development practices. You understand CI/CD pipelines, dependency management, SBOM generation, and vulnerability management at a conceptual level. You don't need to be a software engineer, but you need to have productive conversations with one.

Experience responding to customer security questionnaires. SIG, CAIQ, or proprietary formats. You know how to translate internal controls into customer-facing language that satisfies a procurement security review.

Strong written communication. Policies, procedures, security briefs, questionnaire responses, audit documentation — this role produces a lot of written artifacts. They need to be clear, precise, and professional.

Comfort with ambiguity. You're joining a startup where the security program is newly established. There is no predecessor handing you a binder. Processes are still being built. You need to be the kind of person who finds that energizing, not paralyzing.

Nice to Have

Why This Role

You would be building the security function at a company that is defining the future of quantum-safe networking. The products you help secure will protect communications for defense, finance, and critical infrastructure. The certifications you help achieve will unlock markets that no other quantum networking company has reached yet.

This is not a maintenance role. There is nothing to maintain yet. You are building it.

Details

Software Engineer - Simulator Team

Aliro is a growing startup that builds software to simulate, operate, and orchestrate real-world entanglement-based networks. Aliro’s software actively supports the development of quantum networks at aerospace companies, national labs, universities, telecommunications providers, and banks.

Aliro is hiring a remote or hybrid (Boston area) software engineer who is excited to innovate at the cutting edge of quantum information science and technology. At Aliro, you will work alongside quantum physicists and product leads to provide professional contracting services to Aliro’s customers, and to develop Aliro Simulator, the simulation platform for the quantum internet.

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Qualifications

Preferred Background

Quantum Research Scientist - Simulator Team

Aliro is a growing startup that builds software to simulate, emulate, and operate real-world applications of entanglement-based networks. Aliro’s software actively supports quantum networks being developed by our customers at aerospace companies, national labs, academic institutions, and telecommunications providers.

Aliro is hiring a remote or hybrid (Boston area) research scientist who is excited to innovate at the cutting edge of quantum information science and technology.  At Aliro, you will work alongside software engineers, quantum physicists, and business leads to develop the Aliro Simulator software product, provide professional simulation services to Aliro’s customers, and conduct quantum networking research for publication or patent.

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Qualifications

Preferred background

Senior Software Engineer (C++, Linux) - Network Stack Team

Aliro is developing foundational technologies in Quantum Networking and Communications. As a senior member of our team, you will be contributing to this foundation by helping us develop a quantum network stack. We are looking for someone who is motivated and excited by the opportunity to engage in a transformative field of research and engineering.

We are seeking a Senior level C++ software developer to join our growing team.

You will work with our Network Stack team designing new software systems and components for Quantum Networking.

What you’ll do

Required background

Desired background

Senior Software Engineer (Embedded) - Network Stack Team

We are seeking a Senior level C++ software developer to join our growing team.

You will work with our Network Stack team designing new software systems and components for Quantum Networking at an embedded, device level.

What you’ll do

Required background