Software Engineer

Salary Range: PLN 225, ,000
Subject to alignment to the responsibilities and duties of the role
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 Software Engineer in the Collectives Simulator team, you will participate in the development of a large-scale collective communication simulator that enables the analysis of network parameters and the efficient implementation of communication algorithms. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems involving custom hardware.

The Team
The Collectives Simulator team is responsible for building large-scale collective communication simulator for new AI hardware Graphcore is working on. The simulator allows users to in depth analyse communication algorithms in various network topologies.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Implementing, testing and documenting Collectives Simulator for new AI hardware
• Collaborating with other teams to design, implement and test new features
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues
• Participating in agile development – working as part of a scrum team

Candidate Profile
Essential

• Experience in software development using C++ programming language
• Experience with Python and C programming
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to debug and resolve complex issues
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Boost.Test and Google Test
• Experience with build tools such as CMake, Make and Ninja
• Strong understanding of version control systems (preferred Git)

Desirable

• Experience in development of SW simulators
• Experience with RDMA networking libraries (for example libibverbs, libfabric)
• Knowledge of multithreading and parallel computing concepts, including experience with parallel algorithms and optimization for AI/ML and HPC systems
• Knowledge of multithreading and inter-process communication (IPC) techniques for development of efficient concurrent applications
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, including setting up automated workflows and deployments (for example GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Experience with communication libraries (for example NCCL, MPI)
• Knowledge of machine learning frameworks (for example PyTorch)
• Knowledge of modern C++ standards 17/20

Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers annual leave policy, medical and dental health plans, a gym card, and employee pension (matched up to 4%). We review our benefits on a yearly basis to ensure we offer a valuable and rewarding benefits programme to our employees. 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.