Software Infrastructure Kubernetes Engineer

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.  

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 system

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 

• Develop, own, and maintain tools and services to support the software org 

• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure to develop, test, and scale Graphcore hardware and its software stack 

• Manage our Cloud Infrastructure using tools such as Terraform 

Candidate Profile 

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 of Kubernetes (k8s) development and deployment 

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 similar language)