Senior Linux Platform Release & Validation Engineer

Graphcore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 97,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous leave

Retirement planning support

Phantom equity

On-site office with free food

Income protection and life assurance

Private medical insurance and dental

Cycle to work scheme

Give as you earn

Job summary

Graphcore in the United Kingdom is seeking engineers to build the Linux distribution foundation powering its platform releases. You will create production-ready system images from upstream distributions and shape how releases are built, validated, and deployed.

This hands-on role involves building pipelines, running Linux test suites, diagnosing issues, and implementing evidence-based changes to the platform.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience working in Linux environments.
• Experience building or maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines for reliable engineering workflows.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with Linux image creation, provisioning or system installation.
• Ability to diagnose failures in automated build or test environments.
• Confidence using established tools while continuously improving engineering quality.

Responsibilities

• Build the Linux distribution foundation that turns upstream software into trusted Graphcore platform releases.
• Build and improve automated pipelines, run established Linux test suites, and diagnose issues across build and validation flows.
• Define reliable processes for a new team building a critical part of Graphcore's platform.

Skills

Linux environments

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Bash

Tools

Linux

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Bash

Job description

Graphcore in the United Kingdom is seeking engineers to build the Linux distribution foundation powering its platform releases. You will create production-ready system images from upstream distributions and shape how releases are built, validated, and deployed.

This hands-on role involves building pipelines, running Linux test suites, diagnosing issues, and implementing evidence-based changes to the platform.