Senior Cloud Software Engineer
Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
About Graphcore
Graphcore (graphcore.ai) is a British semiconductor company building Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) for AI workloads. Founded in Bristol in 2016, it was acquired by SoftBank in 2024. It is a portfolio company of Molten Ventures.
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About the Role
You will lead software that enables AI accelerator hardware within Kubernetes. You will build reliable Go applications, integrate hardware into existing clusters, design and test production software, maintain code quality and documentation, and mentor engineers through complex technical decisions.
Requirements
- Strong software development experience
- Experience with cloud environments or infrastructure platforms
- Proficiency in Go
- Deep Kubernetes experience
- Cloud-native development experience
- Strong Linux knowledge
- Complex technical troubleshooting experience
- Track record of delivering complex technical solutions
- Engineering quality improvement experience
- Clear communication
- Mentoring
- Teamwork
- English at C1 level
Responsibilities
- Lead software enabling AI accelerator hardware within Kubernetes
- Build Go applications
- Integrate hardware into existing clusters
- Design production-quality software
- Build production-quality software
- Test software
- Maintain software
- Guide engineers through complex technical decisions
- Strengthen documentation and code quality
- Improve delivery standards
- Mentor engineers
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Comprehensive healthcare and dental cover
- Phantom equity
- Fully funded Medicover gym card
- Death and disability insurance
- 4% employer retirement contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme