Senior Software Engineer - AI Compute Libraries & Performance

Build the AI compute libraries that unlock performance on next-generation hardware.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build high-performance AI compute libraries for Graphcore’s next generation of AI hardware. Your work will sit close to the machine, where numerical correctness, throughput and latency all matter.

You will design and implement kernels for linear algebra and tensor operations, including GEMM, convolutions and reductions. You will own performance and correctness through microbenchmarks, regression tests and numerics validation.

You will profile and optimise across threading, cache locality, memory layout and kernel launch efficiency. You will also improve product quality by debugging issues and resolving bugs.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape the software layer that helps customers get more from AI hardware.

Our ML Kernels & Runtime team builds the compute libraries that help customers gain maximum performance from AI hardware. The work is practical, technical and close to the systems that define real-world performance.

You will work in an expanding team where engineers take ownership, move quickly and solve problems with evidence. Decisions are shaped through profiling, testing, technical discussion and a shared focus on quality.

You will contribute through design, implementation, debugging and mentoring. You will also support Agile ways of working, helping the team keep momentum while raising the standard of the product.

• Excellent programming and scripting skills using C++ and Python
• Understanding of processor architectures and profiling on Linux
• Strong grasp of algorithmic performance, including vectorisation, memory hierarchy and threading
• Hands-on experience with BLAS or DNN stacks, with the ability to read or extend kernels
• Understanding of numerical stability and trade-offs across FP32, FP16, BF16 or FP8
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the judgement to share knowledge and support others

While we have outlined a set of requirements, we value transferable skills and diverse experiences. If you meet most of our essential criteria, we encourage you to submit an application and showcase how your background makes you a strong candidate.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in Poland. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa applications for this role.

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 brings together deep expertise to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful progress in AI compute.