Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer
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 develop, own, and maintain tools and services for software builds and releases. You will deploy and maintain services using Kubernetes and Docker, manage cloud infrastructure with Terraform, support junior and graduate engineers, and apply strong engineering discipline to improve reliability and reduce toil.
Requirements
- Knowledge of Python, Go, C++, or a similar language
- Experience deploying cloud services, preferably on AWS
- Deep understanding of Linux environments
- Experience using CI/CD for production deployments
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu
- Experience using Kubernetes or OpenStack
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- Experience with build tools such as CMake
- Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus
- Experience with Grafana
- Right to work in the UK
Responsibilities
- Develop, own, and maintain tools and services for the software build and release process
- Deploy and maintain services with Kubernetes and Docker
- Manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform
- Support the technical development of junior and graduate engineers
- Apply engineering discipline for high reliability and minimal toil
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave policy
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension matched up to 5%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Generous parental leave policy
- Employee assistance programme
- Healthy food and snacks at the Bristol office
- On-site barista bar