Graphcore
Software Infrastructure Kubernetes Engineer
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Software Infrastructure Engineer (Go, Kubernetes & Cloud)
About Graphcore
Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It develops hardware, software, and systems infrastructure to unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs, enabling widespread adoption across every industry.
As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is part of an elite family of companies driving some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Their shared vision is to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.
Graphcore’s teams are diverse, blending AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers, and systems architects in a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.
The Role
Join our dynamic Software Infrastructure team and play a pivotal role in scaling and managing our infrastructure.
- Develop essential tools and services supporting our broader software team
- Enhance build, test, deployment, and productisation processes for Machine Learning Software components
- Work hands-on with High-Performance Computing (HPC) AI platforms
- Gain experience in distributed systems infrastructure
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The Team
The Software Infrastructure team delivers critical platforms and services for software development teams across the business, including:
- Management of the CI platform and services
- Build engineering
- Component integration
- Packaging and release systems
The team operates in squads, fostering service ownership and engineering empowerment. They focus on long-term infrastructure solutions and strive to eliminate operational toil.
Responsibilities
Core Duties:
- Develop, own, and maintain tools and services supporting the software organisation
- Deploy and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure to develop, test, and scale Graphcore hardware and its software stack
- Manage our Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform
Requirements
Essential:
- Practical experience developing in Go
- Familiarity with cloud services (AWS preferred)
- Experience managing or developing in Linux environments
- Understanding of CI/CD principles
- Strong experience with Kubernetes (k8s) development and deployment
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Desirable:
- Experience developing Kubernetes Controllers
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, OpenTofu)
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- Experience with distributed HPC systems
- Experience with modern observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus)
- Knowledge of Python/C++ (or a similar language)
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working options
- 30+ days annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension (5% employer contribution)
- Life assurance and income protection
- Extended parental leave
- Employee assistance programme (mental wellbeing, health, and bereavement support)
- Access to healthy food, snacks, and our on-site barista bar
- Diverse, inclusive work environment
- Equal opportunity and flexible interview processes
- Reasonable adjustments supported
Application Notes
Applicants must hold the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, Graphcore cannot sponsor visas at this time.
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