Graduate Software Engineer

Graphcore; Bristol; Presencial; GBP 25 000 - 35 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible working

Pension plan

Phantom equity

Office spaces with free food

Income protection

EV salary sacrifice

Flexible benefits

Optional benefits

Resumo da oferta

Graphcore invites graduates to join a two-year UX Early Careers programme in Bristol. You’ll work with engineers and product managers, contribute to Decagon, and gain hands-on experience across discovery, design, testing and iteration.

You’ll learn to turn user insights into concrete design decisions, run usability studies, and communicate with teammates. The programme emphasizes mentorship, learning and career growth in an inclusive team.

Qualificações

• A degree in UX, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic Design or a related discipline.
• UX/UI design experience and a portfolio demonstrating your UX thinking, design process and visual skills.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma or Adobe XD.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and researchers to shape design decisions.
• Contribute to Decagon, the design library, and keep research insights usable and easy to find.
• Help move work from discovery to design, testing and iteration while learning from senior designers.
• Explain design decisions, respond to feedback and communicate clearly across teams.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The UX team works closely with engineers and product managers throughout the development lifecycle. Design decisions are shaped by user insight, technical constraints and clear evidence. Your manager, Lucy, will work with you to build your skills, make time for learning and shape your career. Her favourite part of leadership is helping talented, driven people turn ideas into action, with the support and space to do their best work. You'll also have a buddy to help you settle in, alongside a team of experienced designers keen to share what they know and help you develop. Josh recently joined us as a graduate and is confident, he'll have discovered all the best lunch spots near the office by the time you arrive. He's looking forward to sharing his favourites with you! You'll contribute to Decagon, our design library, and help keep research insights useful and easy to find. The work moves from discovery to design, testing and iteration, and you will build confidence and take ownership of defined tasks. You'll be encouraged to ask questions, challenge existing approaches and share ideas for making things better. We'll support you to take responsibility for your work and speak up when you spot a problem or need help. Thoughtful discussion and clear communication help us learn from each other and improve our designs.How you'll learn and grow During the two-year programme, you'll build skills across user experience (UX), user interface (UI) design, research and design systems through real product work. Creating designs and helping run usability studies will give you practical experience of exploring user needs, testing ideas and turning findings into improvements. Contributing to Decagon will help you understand how a shared design library supports consistent interfaces. Working with senior designers, engineers and product managers will help you explain your design decisions, respond to feedback and understand how user needs and technical constraints shape a product.

• A degree in UX, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic Design or a related discipline
• UX/UI design experience and a portfolio demonstrating your UX thinking, design process and visual skills
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma or Adobe XD
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with an interest in designing for complex, technical or business-to-business (B2B) software products

Your experience can come from academic or personal projects, internships or placements. In your portfolio, show the problem you explored, how you approached it, the design decisions you made and what you learned., Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the programme, without requiring visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor work visas for our Early Careers opportunities.

At Graphcore, we’re building next generation AI compute: from semiconductors and software to systems at datacenter scale. We are proud to be owned by SoftBank Group and work with other companies in the SoftBank family to deliver AI compute to customers working at the AI frontier. Starting your career here means working alongside people with different backgrounds and expertise, from AI researchers to chip designers and software engineers. You’ll learn from each other, bring fresh ideas and help solve challenging problems together.

• Flexible working: Balance your work and personal life with greater flexibility
• Retirement planning support: Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity: Share in Graphcore's success
• 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
• Electric Vehicle Scheme: Choose an electric vehicle and lease it through salary sacrifice
• 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

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.