Software Engineer Summer Intern, AI Compute Libraries & Performance 2027

BristolInternship£30k2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10

On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Develop C++ compute kernels and libraries for machine learning workloads on Graphcore hardware, focusing on performance optimization and correctness.

Role type

Summer Intern, AI Compute Libraries & Performance

Builds

High-performance compute kernels (GEMM, convolutions, reductions) and regression tests for Graphcore AI hardware

Domain

AI hardware acceleration / High-performance computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

C++11, Python, linear algebra, numerical methods, profiling, microbenchmarking, regression testing

Preferred skills

Machine learning frameworks, parallel programming, code optimization, maths libraries

Technologies

C++, Python, Graphcore hardware

Responsibilities

Implement and improve compute kernels for matrix multiplication and convolutions; Use profiling and microbenchmarks to measure execution speed; Build regression tests and numerical checks for library correctness

Seniority

Intern

About Graphcore

Semiconductor Manufacturing722Bristol, Bristol, GBFounded 2016

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 th