ML Data & Platform Engineer

We are hiring a Machine Learning Team Lead to lead a team of driven ML engineers working on translating cutting-edge research into ambitious, customer-centric speech solutions. As innovators in speech technology, our mission is to Understand Every Voice — a vision that has propelled us to be world leaders of Speech AI. Fuelled by innovation, inclusivity, and a passion for making a global impact through world-leading Speech AI, we're looking for an experienced Machine Learning Team Lead to accelerate our efforts towards exceptional speech solutions. Our Modelling Team builds and trains a broad spectrum of models, including large self-supervised architectures, advancing Speechmatics’ mission to provide the most accurate speech recognition technology worldwide. It also ensures their deployment into production, working with the latest developments in ML, but also with the best practices for software engineering and model serving. What you’ll be doing: Lead, mentor, and grow a world-class team of ML engineers through coaching and professional development Provide technical oversight and guidance for end-to-end ML development, ensuring solutions are robust and scalable Guide the adoption of best practices in software engineering Plan work, allocate resources and collaborate cross-functionally to align initiatives with business objectives and bring solutions to production Drive the technical work for the ML team to deliver high-quality technical solutions that achieve ambitious strategic goals Who we are looking for: Demonstrable experience in guiding and mentoring ML engineers Adept at prioritizing work by impact, feasibility, and time-to-value, with clear success metrics Strong understanding of the modern Machine Learning stack, for example: - Knowledge of contemporary transformer architectures, related concepts (e.g., GQA , KV -caching) and best practices - Expertise in distributed training techniques - Familiarity with optimisation strategies for m

We are hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to contribute to cutting-edge Research & Development. As innovators in speech technology, our mission is to Understand Every Voice - a vision that has propelled us to be world leaders of Voice AI. Fuelled by innovation, inclusivity, and a passion for making a global impact through world-leading Speech AI, we're looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to accelerate our efforts towards exceptional speech solutions. Our Modelling Team trains diverse models, including large self-supervised ones, supporting Speechmatics towards being the most accurate speech recognition system globally. It also ensures their deployment into production, working with the latest developments in ML, but also with the best engineering practices for software engineering and model serving. What you’ll be doing: Work on complex R&D projects, with a diverse group of engineers, to achieve ambitious goals. Stay current with the latest developments in Machine learning. Execute high-impact projects to ensure team success. Work collaboratively across departments and mentor team members (where appropriate). Who we are looking for: Demonstrated experience in collaboratively pursuing ambitious R&D agendas. Precise attention to detail, but is also aware of how the big picture relates to company goals, and where the field of Machine Learning is headed towards. Understanding of the modern Machine Learning stack, for example: - Knowledge of contemporary transformer architectures (e.g., GQA, KV-caching) and best practices. - Experience in distributed training techniques. - Familiarity with optimisation strategies for model inference (e.g., dynamic batching, flash attention, speculative decoding). With preferred backgrounds covering some of the following: - Publications in top-tier conferences. - Contributions to popular open-source repositories. - Technical writing skills as evidenced by relevant publications or blogs. We en

About Graphcore At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute.We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale.As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem.To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world.We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. Job Summary As a research engineer at Graphcore, you will contribute to the advancement of AI research, investigating new ideas that push the limits on important AI/ML problems. Specialised hardware has been the key driver of the progress of AI over the last decade, and we believe that hardware-aware AI algorithms and AI-aware hardware developments will continue to be critical to advancing this exciting field. We are therefore looking for individuals who combine strong machine learning experience with practical engineering skills to deliver impactful AI research. We are seeking AI researchers with strong software engineering experience, particularly in lower-level programming and performance optimisation for hardware efficiency. Our research spans a broad range of topics, including efficient training and inference, world models, life sciences, reinforcement learning, and beyond. You will work closely with researchers to generate ideas and translate them into scalable implementations, contributing to publications and projects that help to steer the future of AI hardware. The Team Graphcore Research participates in both fundamental and applied research, to characterise the computational requirements of machine intelligence a

About Graphcore 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. Job Summary We are looking for a Principal Architect to define and drive the architectural vision of the software stack for the Graphcore ML accelerator. In this role, you will shape the architecture of our software ecosystem and maintain a deep understanding of the product’s hardware and software components, their interfaces, and how they interact. You are an excellent communicator, and you proactively convey the software architecture. You bring a pragmatic, trade-off-aware approach to decision-making, fully recognising the impact of architectural choices on product direction and engineering outcomes. The Team The software architecture team is responsible for defining, maintaining and communicating the overarching architecture of our software stack, from firmware to ML frameworks. The team works within the wider software organisation, partnering closely with engineering teams who deliver against this architectural vision. Responsibilities and Duties Define & document the software architecture of the software stack. Work across different software

About Graphcore 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. Job Summary 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 systems. The Team An exciting opportunity to join a new team within the Software Operations group. The Build Engineering team is a new function within Software Infrastructure, which focuses on the overall process of building and integration of the Machine Learn ing S oftware S tack. You will work closely with the QA and development teams to get an understanding of how our ML SW stack is built, helping to ensure good build practices, and proving that the stack works together and is reproducible in secure, sandboxed environments. Responsibilities and Duties Developing our internal t

About Graphcore 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. Job Summary 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 systems. The Team An exciting opportunity to join a new team within the Software Operations group. The Build Engineering team is a new function within Software Infrastructure, which focuses on the overall process of building and integration of the Machine Learn ing S oftware S tack. You will work closely with the QA and development teams to get an understanding of how our ML SW stack is built, helping to ensure good build practices, and proving that the stack works together and is reproducible in secure, sandboxed environments. Responsibilities and Duties Developing our internal t