Senior Framework Automation & Release Engineer, Graphcore
2+ days a week in office
Advanced AI systems and services
Be an early applicant
Advanced AI systems and services
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make machine learning faster, easier and more intelligent.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Demonstrated experience developing CI/CD systems, automation infrastructure or software engineering tools
- Strong proficiency in Python and Bash for automation and tooling development
- Strong experience working with Linux systems
- Experience using CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Buildkite or comparable technologies
- Experience automating software build, test, packaging and release workflows
- Experience with Git, version-control workflows and code-review practices
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex build, test, deployment and infrastructure issues
- Strong software engineering practices, with an emphasis on maintainability, reliability and developer experience
- Ability to evaluate technical options and select practical solutions with minimal guidance
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor technical information to different audiences
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multiple engineering teams
Desirable
- Experience supporting hardware validation or embedded software development
- Experience managing Python packages and software dependencies
- Experience with Docker, containerized development environments or Kubernetes
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management tools such as Terraform or Ansible
- Familiarity with hardware laboratory automation environments
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with code-quality tools, static analysis and security scanning
- Experience using artifact repositories and release-management systems
- Experience supporting engineering teams distributed across multiple locations
What the job involves
- The Release Engineer will develop, automate and maintain the infrastructure used to build, test, package and release Graphcore’s hardware validation software
- Working within the Systems Engineering organization, the role will improve engineering productivity, software quality and release reliability through effective automation, continuous integration and maintainable development tooling
- The Test Software and Automation Team sits within the Hardware Platform department and forms part of Systems Engineering
- The team develops and maintains the software infrastructure, automation and tools used to support hardware validation and test execution. We work closely with framework developers, test engineers, diagnostics engineers, hardware engineers and infrastructure partners to create reliable and repeatable engineering workflows
- Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting hardware validation and test framework development
- Develop automation to build, package, test and release validation software across multiple engineering environments
- Create maintainable tools for framework deployment, configuration and environment provisioning
- Improve developer productivity through reusable automation and streamlined development workflows
- Develop automated quality gates, including unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, static analysis and code-quality checks
- Manage framework versioning, artifact publishing, dependency management and release processes
- Build infrastructure that enables repeatable automated validation across local development, laboratory and validation environments
- Automate framework installation, upgrades and configuration management
- Develop dashboards and reporting for build health, regression status, release quality and pipeline performance
- Partner with framework developers and other engineers to improve software maintainability, reliability and deployment automation
- Investigate CI/CD failures, infrastructure issues and release problems, identifying practical solutions and longer-term improvements
- Review automation and tooling changes produced by colleagues, providing constructive technical feedback
- Provide technical guidance and support to team members working with automation, build and release workflows
- Contribute to larger engineering initiatives by coordinating defined areas of automation and release work
- Document automation workflows, release procedures and operational practices clearly and accurately
Our take
The hardware required to train AI models comes at a high cost, both financially and environmentally, producing millions of dollars in expenses and hundreds of tons of greenhouse gases. In response, Graphcore develops accelerator chips designed to expedite AI system training while significantly reducing power consumption.
AI accelerators like those crafted by Graphcore specialise in enhancing specific AI applications, such as artificial neural networks, deep learning, and machine learning. Utilising multicore designs and prioritising low-precision arithmetic or in-memory computing, these accelerators elevate the performance of large AI algorithms, achieving breakthrough results in natural language processing and computer vision.
Graphcore has ambitious plans to create an AI supercomputer, aiming to be one of the most powerful in its class. However, progress on this has extended beyond its planned 2024 debut, and the company was purchased by Softbank later that year. Though the acquisition by the Japanese multinational lowered Graphcore's valuation and highlighted structural problems in the local financing of UK tech pioneers, the buyout will undoubtedly aid the company in its ambitions to shape the future of AI computing.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2020
$222m
SERIES E
Feb 2020
$150m
SERIES D
Total funding: $682m
Company benefits
- Work-Life Balance: We believe you should have a good work-life balance. Everyone's situation is different, so we offer flexible working arrangements and start and finish times, allowing you to choose when to work from home or come into the office
- Wellbeing: We want to ensure that our employees have the resources and support they need to prioritise their health and wellbeing
- Healthcare: We offer Private Medical Insurance (PMI) to our employees to help them take care of their health and that of their loved ones
- Progression: We prioritise learning and development as an integral part of our culture at Graphcore. Our Talent Development team is dedicated to equipping all our employees with the necessary tools, resources, and support to enhance their skills and reach their full potential in their careers
- Pension: We believe that our employees deserve the best when it comes to planning for their future
- Income Protection: Graphcore understands that unforeseen circumstances can happen, and we want to ensure our employees have the necessary financial security in place
Company HQ
Old City, Bristol, UK
Leadership
Nigel Toon
(Co-Founder & Exec Chair)Previously the President and CEO at picoChip Designs (processors for telecoms). As well as the VP and GM of Europe at Altera (semiconductors, merged with Intel).
Simon Knowles
(Co-Founder & CTO)Founded two successful semiconductor companies, Element14 and Icera, for a combined value of over $1 billion.
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