Senior Machine Learning Engineer Large Systems
Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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 implement and optimise machine learning models for performance and accuracy across thousands of accelerators. You will test software releases, review and fix code, benchmark models, investigate bottlenecks, conduct experiments, and collaborate on next-generation AI hardware.
Requirements
- Have proficiency with PyTorch, JAX, or similar deep learning frameworks
- Have strong Python or C++ software development skills
- Have expertise in deep learning model training, optimisation, and evaluation
- Design, execute, and report machine learning experiments
- Understand performance bottlenecks and their solutions
- Communicate complex technical concepts to different audiences
- Have the right to work in the UK
Responsibilities
- Implement and optimise machine learning models for performance and accuracy
- Test and evaluate internal software releases
- Provide feedback, make code fixes, and conduct code reviews
- Benchmark models and machine learning techniques
- Identify performance bottlenecks and improve model efficiency
- Design, implement, and evaluate experiments on novel AI methods
- Collaborate to define, build, and test next-generation AI hardware
- Engage with the AI community and follow AI developments
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension matched up to 5%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance programme
- Healthy food and snacks
- On-site barista