Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Graphcore

• Bachelor/Master's/PhD or equivalent experience in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Maths, Data Science, or related field
• Proficiency in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch/JAX
• Strong Python or C++ software development skills
• Expertise in deep learning from model training to optimisation and evaluation
• Experience in distributed training or inference of ML models across 64+ accelerators
• Capable of designing, executing and reporting from ML experiments
• Developed deep understanding of performance bottlenecks and how to overcome them
• Ability to move quickly in a dynamic
• Enjoy cross-functional work collaborating with other teams
• Strong communicator - able to explain complex technical concepts to different audiences

Desirable

• As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the Applied AI team at Graphcore, you will contribute to advancing AI technology by developing and optimising AI models tailored to our specialised hardware. You will work on large scale systems where performance is critical to the success of our projects.
• Working closely with the Software development and Research teams, you will play a critical role in identifying Graphcore’s technology. We seek engineers with strong technical skills and an understanding of AI model implementation at scale, eager to make a tangible impact in this rapidly evolving field
• The Applied AI team’s role is to be proxies for our customers, we need to understand the latest AI models, applications, and software to ensure that Graphcore’s technology works seamlessly with the AI ecosystem and at scale.
• We build reference applications, contribute to key software libraries e.g. optimising kernels for efficiency on our hardware, and collaborate with the Research team to develop and publish novel ideas in domains such as efficient compute, model scaling and distributed training and inference of AI models for multiple modalities and applications
• If you're excited about advancing the next generation of AI models on cutting-edge hardware, we’d love to hear from you!
• Implement latest machine learning models and optimise them for performance and accuracy, scaling to 1000s of accelerators
• Test and evaluate new internal software releases, provide feedback to software engineering teams, make necessary code fixes, and conduct code reviews
• Benchmark models and key ML techniques to identify performance bottlenecks and improve model efficiency
• Design and conduct experiments on novel AI methods, implement them and evaluate results
• Collaborate with Research, Software, and Product teams to define, build, and test Graphcore’s next generation of AI hardware
• Engage with AI community and keep in touch with the latest developments in AI