Visionary Director, ML Software Architecture

Graphcore; West of England; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Dental plan

Pension (matched up to 5%)

Life assurance

Income protection

Parental leave

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Graphcore seeks a Director of Software Architecture to lead the architectural vision of the software stack for the Graphcore ML accelerator. You will lead an architecture team defining software architecture for Graphcore products and advocate long-term technical direction to align stakeholders and customers with the roadmap.

You will communicate architectural decisions as the product evolves, collaborating with engineering, product, leadership and external partners to ensure a high-quality,

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role.
• Experience working with silicon and hardware teams.
• Technical expertise in the ML accelerator software space.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence.
• Pragmatic decision making with awareness of trade-offs.
• Experience in firmware, drivers, ML frameworks (PyTorch, Triton), HPC, tooling, C/C++, CPU architectures.

Responsibilities

• Communicate the long-term technical vision & strategy for the software architecture.
• Define the processes and procedures to define, agree and maintain the software architecture.
• Act as an advocate and thought leader for the long-term technical vision across the organisation.
• Advocate for the user experience to ensure the software architecture results in an easy-to-use software stack.
• Manage technical and project-level architectural risks.
• Work with engineering, product, leadership and partners to align business goals with architectural vision.
• Inspire, grow, mentor and develop the software architecture team.
• Clearly communicate trade-offs for architectural decisions with company-wide impact.
• Stay informed about ML/software ecosystem trends.

Skills

Leadership

Hardware collaboration

ML accelerator software

Communication

Collaboration & influence

Pragmatic decision making

C & C++, CPU architectures

Tools

Firmware

Drivers

ML frameworks (PyTorch, Triton)

HPC tooling

Job description

Graphcore seeks a Director of Software Architecture to lead the architectural vision of the software stack for the Graphcore ML accelerator. You will lead an architecture team defining software architecture for Graphcore products and advocate long-term technical direction to align stakeholders and customers with the roadmap.

You will communicate architectural decisions as the product evolves, collaborating with engineering, product, leadership and external partners to ensure a high-quality,