2026 Graduate Software Engineer - Triton

EngineersOfAI; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous leave

Retirement planning support

Phantom equity

Workplace experience

Peace of mind protection

Flexible benefits

Optional benefits

Job summary

EngineersOfAI in Bristol is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer to assist in building software that enhances machine learning development for Graphcore hardware. You will be responsible for connecting accelerators with ML frameworks and contributing significantly to features and performance improvements.

The role requires a strong academic background, hands-on programming experience, and offers flexible working arrangements, generous leave, and a meticulously designed workplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with Python or C++, gained through study, projects, placements, internships, or open source.
• Practical experience or strong academic understanding of compiler development.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code, tests, and documentation.
• Curiosity, ownership, and willingness to learn through feedback and technical discussion.

Responsibilities

• Build software that aids machine learning developers with Graphcore hardware.
• Connect Graphcore accelerators with ML frameworks that developers use.
• Contribute to features, tests, documentation, and code reviews.
• Take ownership of meaningful work early, with support from experienced engineers.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Python or C++

Compiler development understanding

Ability to write clear, maintainable code

Interest in AI and machine learning frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Maths, or related field

Job description

About the job

Build the software that helps machine learning developers get more from Graphcore hardware. As a Graduate Software Engineer in our Triton team, you will help connect Graphcore accelerators with the ML frameworks developers use every day.

Your work will make our software easier to use, more reliable and more performant for real AI workloads. You will learn how compilers, frameworks and hardware interact in a production engineering setting.

You will contribute to features, tests, documentation, code reviews and performance improvements across a complex codebase. You will be supported by experienced engineers while taking ownership of meaningful work early.

This role suits a curious graduate who wants to grow deep technical skills and see their code make a practical difference.

The Team & Culture

The Frameworks team makes Graphcore hardware work smoothly with tools such as PyTorch, Triton, JAX and TensorFlow. The team sits close to compilers, runtime software and hardware, so you will learn from different technical perspectives.

Work is organised through SCRUM, with clear priorities, regular feedback and shared accountability. You will own well‑scoped tasks, ask questions early and build confidence through reviews, testing and documentation.

Decisions are shaped by technical evidence, user impact and open discussion. Engineers are expected to speak up, challenge assumptions and improve how the team works.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field.
• Hands‑on experience with Python or C++, gained through study, projects, placements, internships or open source.
• Practical experience or strong academic understanding of compiler development
  Interest in AI, machine learning frameworks, high performance software or computing architectures.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code, tests and documentation
• Curiosity, ownership and willingness to learn through feedback, code reviews and technical discussion.

Benefits

• Flexible working:Balance your work and personal life with greater flexibility
• Generous leave:Take time to rest, recharge and enjoy life outside of work
• Retirement planning support:Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity:Share inGraphcore’ssuccess
• Workplace experience:Enjoy thoughtfully designed office spaces for collaboration, with free food and an on‑site barista to support your day
• Peace of mind protection:Income protection and life assurance to provide financial security for you and your loved ones
• Flexible benefits:Tailor your benefits package with a choice of additional options, including private medical insurance and dental cover
• Optional benefits:Dental cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn

Sponsorship

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa applications for this role.

Inclusion statement

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that everyone brings different strengths and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, just let us know - we’re happy to support you.

Join the team at Graphcore

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructur