Graduate Software Engineer Accelerator Modelling
Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.
Funding history
About Graphcore
Graphcore develops Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) and the Poplar SDK for building and running machine-learning applications. It continues operating under the Graphcore name as a wholly owned SoftBank Group subsidiary.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop, test and refine models and simulations for next-generation AI accelerators. You will investigate workload behaviour, predict performance, power consumption and scalability, and provide evidence for hardware decisions. You will contribute to planning, design, implementation and testing, help integrate future hardware versions, and scale distributed modelling environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science or a related field
- Strong C++ programming skills
- Understanding of computer science fundamentals
- Interest in lower-level software
- Ability to debug complex problems and explain reasoning clearly
- Exposure to debugging tools, performance analysis, testing, version control or collaborative software development
- Interest in processor architecture, hardware simulation, performance modelling or systems behaviour
Responsibilities
- Develop, test and refine accelerator models and simulations
- Predict performance, power consumption and scalability
- Investigate complex workload behaviour
- Contribute to planning, design, implementation and testing
- Help integrate future hardware versions
- Scale distributed modelling environments
- Develop and debug modelling code
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Thoughtfully designed office spaces
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme
- Flexible benefits, including private medical insurance and dental cover
- Dental cover
- Health cash plan
- Private medical insurance
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Give-as-you-earn scheme
Hiring Process
Application questions and CV/cover-letter submission → technical assessment → in-person final-stage assessment.