Graduate Software Engineer: AI Accelerator Modelling

Graphcore; West of England; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Retirement planning (pension)

Phantom equity

On-site food and beverages

Income protection and life assurance

EV salary sacrifice

Flexible benefits (private medical,;d)

Dental cover

Cycle to work

Job summary

Graphcore in Bristol, UK, invites applications for the Graduate Software Engineer, Accelerator Modelling 2027. This two-year programme develops your C++ modelling, software and hardware simulation skills, tackling performance, power and scalability questions for future AI accelerators.

You’ll work closely with the Accelerator Modelling Team across architecture, hardware and software, with buddy support and a strong emphasis on hands-on learning and engineering judgement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science or a related field
• Strong C++ programming skills, gained through study, projects, personal coding or practical experience
• An understanding of computer science fundamentals and an interest in lower‑level software
• The ability to debug complex problems and explain your thinking clearly, with exposure to debugging tools, performance analysis, testing, version control or collaborative software development practices
• Curiosity about processor architecture, hardware simulation, performance modelling or systems behaviour, and a willingness to ask questions and learn through feedback
• You can demonstrate these skills through coursework, a dissertation, personal or team projects, research, or other relevant experience. Tell us what you built or investigated, how you approached it and what you learned.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and refine models and simulations for the next-generation AI accelerators.
• Your work will help predict performance, power consumption and scalability, giving engineers evidence to compare approaches before hardware decisions are made.
• Investigate how complex workloads behave, contribute to planning, design, implementation and testing, and help other teams integrate future hardware versions.
• Help scale distributed modelling environments and see how software models connect architectural ideas with future hardware.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers and machine learning researchers to ensure modeling results inform hardware decisions.

Skills

C++ programming

CS fundamentals

Debugging complex problems

Processor architecture curiosity

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in CS/Maths/ML/DS

Tools

Version control (Git)

Job description

Graphcore in Bristol, UK, invites applications for the Graduate Software Engineer, Accelerator Modelling 2027. This two-year programme develops your C++ modelling, software and hardware simulation skills, tackling performance, power and scalability questions for future AI accelerators.

You’ll work closely with the Accelerator Modelling Team across architecture, hardware and software, with buddy support and a strong emphasis on hands-on learning and engineering judgement.