Senior Framework Automation and Release Engineer

About us

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

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 Team

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.

Responsibilities and Duties

• 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.

Candidate Profile

Essential

• 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.

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and financial future. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we're committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.