Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer

Graphcore; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension 5% matched

Life assurance

Income protection

Dental plan

Health cash plan

Flexible working

Annual leave

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Snacks bar

Job summary

Graphcore, a leading AI compute innovator, is seeking a Software Infrastructure engineer to scale and manage infrastructure. You will build essential tools, enhance build-test-deploy cycles, and work with HPC AI platforms in distributed systems.

The role offers exposure to Kubernetes, cloud deployments, and IaC within a cutting-edge team. The team focuses on long‑term engineering solutions, service ownership, and reducing toil while supporting junior engineers in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proficient with Python/Go/C++ and modern software languages.
• Experience deploying scalable services in the cloud (AWS preferred).
• Deep understanding of Linux environments and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and maintain tools and services for build and release processes.
• Deploy and maintain services with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Manage Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform and related IaC tools.
• Support the development of junior and graduate engineers.
• Maintain high reliability with minimal toil in production.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

OpenStack

GitHub Actions

CMake

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

About Graphcore

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.

Job Summary

Join our dynamic Software Infrastructure team and take a pivotal role in scaling and managing our infrastructure. You will develop essential tools and services that empower our broader software team. Your contributions will enhance the build, test, deployment, and productisation processes of our Machine Learning Software components. Work with our High-Performance Computing (HPC) AI platforms and gain invaluable experience in distributed systems.

The Team

The Software Infrastructure team provides critical platforms and services for software development teams across the business. Our responsibilities include managing the CI platform and services, build engineering, component integration, and packaging and release systems. We operate in squads, fostering a culture of service ownership and empowerment for our engineers. We focus on long‑term engineering solutions and strive to eliminate toil wherever possible.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop, own, and maintain tools and services to support the software build and release process
• Deploy and maintain services with Kubernetes and Docker
• Manage our Cloud Infrastructure using tools such as Terraform
• Support the technical development of junior and graduate engineer
• Embody a strong engineering discipline for high reliability and minimal toil

Candidate Profile

• Essential: Knowledge of Python/Go/C++ (or similar language)
• Experience deploying services in the cloud (AWS preferred)
• Deep understanding of Linux environments
• Native user of CI/CD for production deployments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu)
• Desirable Experience using Kubernetes (k8s) or OpenStack
• Experience with GitHub Actions
• Experience with build tools (e.g. CMake)
• Experience with modern observability tooling (e.g. Prometheus)
• Experience with Grafana

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental well‑being, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.

Applicants for this position must hold the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support for visa applications