Graduate AI Compute Software Engineer

Graphcore; West of England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension matching

Phantom equity

On-site cafe

Income protection

Life assurance

EV salary sacrifice

Private medical insurance

Dental cover

Job summary

Graphcore, based in Bristol, UK, invites graduates to join its two-year AI Compute Libraries & Performance programme. You’ll work on C++ libraries and kernel development, shaping how next‑generation hardware executes machine learning workloads.

The role blends hands‑on coding with performance analysis, testing and quality assurance from day one. As part of the two-year programme, you’ll gain practical experience in numerical computing, profiling and optimization strategies, and work closely with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science or a related field.
• Experience with C++11.
• Familiarity with Python or scripting tools for automation and testing.
• Understanding of linear algebra, numerical methods or scientific computing.

Responsibilities

• Develop compute kernels such as GEMMs, convolutions and fused kernels.
• Use profiling and microbenchmarks to measure performance and optimize threading, cache locality and memory layout.
• Build regression tests and numerical checks to ensure correctness and reliability of libraries.

Skills

C++11

Python

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science or a related field

Job description

Graphcore, based in Bristol, UK, invites graduates to join its two-year AI Compute Libraries & Performance programme. You’ll work on C++ libraries and kernel development, shaping how next‑generation hardware executes machine learning workloads.

The role blends hands‑on coding with performance analysis, testing and quality assurance from day one. As part of the two-year programme, you’ll gain practical experience in numerical computing, profiling and optimization strategies, and work closely with