After IonQ
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave IonQ most often go to a long tail of companies
Not IonQ's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 20 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,303 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 20Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1680% of the people here
- Moved on
- 420% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –fewer than 20 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few for a median
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google.
3 recorded departures to 3 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
17%3Google3 of 18 recorded arrivals shown, 15 more from 15 other companies0 of 3 recorded departures shown, 3 more to 3 other companies
How long people stay
17%<1y
11%1-2y
50%2-4y
17%4-7y
6%7y+
18 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3<320
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2018 to 2026: 21 joined, 5 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (12).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer5
- Software Engineer5
- Staff Software Engineer4
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- University of Maryland15.0%
The one school among the 20 people here with a school on file.
3 of the 20 people here with a school on file list University of Maryland.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer here.
Where they are now
45% of the people who have worked at IonQ and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
IonQ
Everyone on the map
- 45%Washington DC9 · map 13%
- 25%New York5 · map 18%
- 30%Somewhere else6
All 20 people who worked at IonQ list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at IonQ: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside IonQ, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 20 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at IonQ: 16 are there now, 4 have moved on.
- Most arrive from Google: 3 people.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after IonQ, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: University of Maryland, listed by 3 of the 20 people here with one on file (15.0%).
- 45% of the 20 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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