2026 Graduate Software Engineer - DevOps

About us 

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. 

It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. 

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. 

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation. 

Job Summary

Join our dynamic Software Infrastructure team and take a pivotal role in scaling and managing our infrastructure. You will develop essential tools and services that empower our broader software team. Your contributions will enhance the build, test, deployment, and productisation processes of our Machine Learning Software components. Work with our High-Performance Computing (HPC) AI platforms and gain invaluable experience in distributed systems.

The Team

The Software Infrastructure team provides critical platforms and services for software development teams across the business. Our responsibilities include managing the CI platform and services, build engineering, component integration, and packaging and release systems. We operate in squads, fostering a culture of service ownership and empowerment for our engineers. We focus on long-term engineering solutions and strive to eliminate toil wherever possible.

Responsibilities and Duties

Supporting the delivery and ongoing maintenance of tools and services to support the software build and release process

Deploy and maintain services with Kubernetes and Docker

Supporting the ongoing management of our Cloud Infrastructure using tools such as Terraform

Working closely with development teams working on the ML Software Stack (SDK)

Candidate Profile

Essential:

Bachelor or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field

Knowledge of Python/Go/Java/C++ (or similar language)

Experience managing or developing in Linux environments

Understanding of CI/CD principles

Strong communication skills

Desirable

Experience using Kubernetes (k8s) or OpenStack

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu)

Experience with GitHub Actions

• PythonGoJavaAwsDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CD