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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. It is part of the SoftBank Group and shares a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. Graphcore’s teams are diverse and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives, fostering a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Cloud Development Team and help develop and deploy services. You will work closely with Platform Engineering, Datacentre Operations, and other engineering teams to deploy and operate services on our fleet of cutting‑edge AI systems. The role involves cloud integration, validation, performance benchmarking, optimisation, and operation of high‑performance AI solutions, both in‑house and off‑the‑shelf hardware.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Develop and operate cloud services on private clouds and support internal users, turning end‑user and product requirements into deployed services.
* Build automation to collect and analyse metrics from cloud services, reporting issues to Engineering and QA.
* Work with Datacentre Operations Engineers to maintain AI systems at peak performance in private clouds.
* Configure and test new Graphcore AI hardware and systems using continuous deployment, integration, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code in internal and external datacentres.
* Integrate third‑party switches, servers and storage solutions into our Cloud Reference Design.
Skills And Experience (all required)
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
* Minimum 3 years managing physical or virtual infrastructure with proven technical output.
* Linux scripting (bash and python essential).
* Linux system administration experience (Ubuntu, RHEL, and variants).
* Experience with Git version control and automation code.
* Experience with DevOps tools and pipelines (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.).
* Solid understanding of cloud service technologies (REST APIs, virtualization, storage, monitoring).
* Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools (Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, Packer).
* Experience with Agile/Scrum frameworks.
* Experience with container deployment tools (podman, Docker, Kubernetes).
Desirable but Not Required
* Experience with monitoring & observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch, Loki, Kafka).
* Experience managing production Kubernetes clusters.
* Programming experience in Python 3 (classes, inheritance).
* Programming experience in Go.
Benefits
Graphcore offers competitive salary, 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 and an employee assistance programme covering health, mental wellbeing and bereavement. We provide healthy food and snacks at our Bristol office and a barista bar. We are committed to an inclusive work environment and offer an equal‑opportunity process.
Sponsorship
Applicants must hold the right to work in the UK. Graphcore is not able to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
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