Staff Software Engineer

Graphcore; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI compute innovator in Bristol seeks a Software Infrastructure Engineer. The role involves developing tools and services for software build and release, managing cloud infrastructure, and working with high-performance computing. Candidates should have knowledge of programming, CI/CD, and cloud services. Competitive benefits and an inclusive work environment provided.

Benefits

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Pension (matched up to 5%)

Generous annual leave policy

Health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Python/Go/Java/C++ (or similar language).
• Familiarity with cloud services (e.g. AWS).
• Experience managing or developing in Linux environments.
• Understanding of CI/CD principles.
• Experience using Kubernetes (k8s) or OpenStack.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu).
• Experience with build tools (e.g. CMake).
• Experience with modern observability tooling (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and maintain tools for the software build and release process.
• Deploy and maintain services with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Manage Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

C++

Linux

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

GitHub Actions

CMake

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

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

Candidate Profile

• Knowledge of Python/Go/Java/C++ (or similar language)
• Familiarity with cloud services (e.g. AWS)
• Experience managing or developing in Linux environments
• Understanding of CI/CD principles
• Experience using Kubernetes (k8s) or OpenStack
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu)
• Experience with GitHub Actions
• Experience with build tools (e.g. CMake)
• Experience with modern observability tooling (e.g. Prometheus)
• Experience with Grafana

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 wellbeing, 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.

We take pride in our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our recruitment process, we ask for confidential diversity data from all applicants. This data will be anonymised so that no personal identification information will be collected, and is retained for statistical purposes only and is not attached to your application. This data does not impact your application outcome and is collected to improve our hiring process to be inclusive of all diversity backgrounds.