Senior Software Engineer in Build Engineering
Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will develop internal tools for building testing and integrating the machine learning software stack. You will create software release processes guide developers on build practices and dependency management communicate with technical stakeholders resolve integration issues with QA and contribute fixes to the software stack.
Requirements
- Know Python C++ or a similar language
- Understand build processes and frameworks
- Have experience working in Linux environments
- Have good communication skills
- Have experience with remote caching and execution such as Bazel
- Have experience with build tools such as CMake
- Have experience with testing frameworks such as PyTest and GoogleTest
- Have experience with integration tools such as Buildstream
- Have experience working within the software development lifecycle
- Have experience building and using containers such as Docker and Podman
- Understand software architecture patterns
Responsibilities
- Develop internal tooling for building testing and integrating the machine learning software stack
- Develop tools and technical processes for software releases
- Guide developers on build practices and dependency management
- Communicate with developers technical leads and software architects about the machine learning software stack
- Resolve integration issues with QA
- Contribute fixes to the machine learning software stack
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension matched up to 5%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Generous parental leave
- Employee assistance programme
