Debugger - Senior Staff Engineer

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, Graphcoreenjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.  

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Graphcore in defining and implementing a next-generation debugger for our advanced AI processors. In this senior role, you will specify the debugger’s core behaviour, design the user interaction model, and deliver a robust toolchain that enables developers to debug and optimise workloads running on Graphcore hardware. You will work closely with our partners, hardware, software, and customer teams to ensure the debugger meets the needs of both internal and external users.

The Team

Reporting to the Modelling Team Leader, the Staff Engineer is responsible for supporting the delivery of software models of the next generation platforms to allow early software development.  They will work in close conjunction with our partners, the hardware and silicon teams on upcoming changes and also with the software teams who will be using the models

Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of a debugger for Graphcore’s current and next-generation processors.
• Collaborate with all colleagues within the software, firmware and hardware engineering teams
• Actively engage in and support Agile ways of working within the team
• Debug issues, resolve bugs and generally improve the quality and functionality of the product
• Mentor colleagues within the team, sharing knowledge and providing guidance where appropriate
• Support the team leader and technical leader when asked

Candidate Profile 

Essential:

• Proven experience in building debuggers
• Experience developing emulators and simulators
• Experience in designing or implementing debugger user interfaces
• Strong low-level programming skills in C, C++, or Rust.
• Strong understanding of processor architectures
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills, good work ethics, high sense of team-work.
• Proactive, self-driven, and committed to delivering high-quality solutions.

Desirable

• Experience of developing IDEs.
• Experience with compiler toolchains.
• Knowledge of debugging protocols and standards.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! 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.

Applicants for this position must hold the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support for visa applications