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Graphcore, part of the SoftBank Group, is a leading innovator in AI compute, developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure to unlock next-generation AI breakthroughs. The Data & Analytics team enables better decision-making across the company by building trusted data foundations, scalable platforms and high-quality data products.
Reporting to the Head of Data & Transformation, the Staff Data Engineer – Agentic Applications is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, building and operating Python-based web applications, agentic workflows and supporting data services for Graphcore's business teams. This role combines strong data engineering foundations with hands-on application development, using AI agents, trusted data and business system integrations to improve decision-making and automate operational workflows.
Key responsibilities include:
• Build business-facing applications: Design, develop and operate production-ready Python web applications that help business teams access trusted data, complete tasks and improve operational workflows.
• Develop agentic capabilities: Build applications and workflows that connect AI agents to approved tools, APIs, datasets and business systems, with clear boundaries on what agents can access and do.
• Translate business needs into working solutions: Partner with analysts, engineers and business stakeholders to understand user needs, identify appropriate opportunities for automation and take applications from prototype through to supported production services.
• Deliver end-to-end applications where appropriate: Use AI-assisted coding tools to build and maintain front ends alongside Python backend services, taking responsibility for the quality, testing, security and maintainability of generated code.
• Enable business-owned front ends: Where business teams develop and maintain their own interfaces, own the backend and provide documented APIs, reusable templates, examples and practical coaching so colleagues can work effectively with AI-assisted coding tools.
• Establish clear ownership and support arrangements: Agree responsibilities for application changes, testing, releases and ongoing support, including appropriate review and deployment controls for business-maintained front ends.
• Build secure, reusable backend services: Design APIs and application services that enforce authentication, authorisation, input validation and business rules, keeping secrets and sensitive operations within controlled backend systems.
• Provide technical leadership: Contribute to design reviews, code reviews and mentoring; help establish clear ownership, secure interfaces and appropriate engineering controls so applications remain reliable, maintainable and supportable.
• Improve observability and operations: Contribute to improving observability, operational monitoring, application performance and cloud cost optimisation.
• Contribute to platform evolution: Participate in technical roadmaps and platform improvements within a collaborative engineering team.
Depending on the use case, you will either deliver applications end to end or own the backend and enable business colleagues to create and look after their own front ends. Working closely with engineers, analysts and business stakeholders, you will take solutions from initial requirements through to production.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Strong Python development experience with production-grade web applications
• Experience building and operating data services and APIs
• Familiarity with AI agents, LLMs and agentic workflows
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of security principles: authentication, authorisation, input validation, secrets management
• Experience improving observability, operational monitoring, application performance and cloud cost optimisation
• Experience contributing to technical roadmaps and platform improvements within a collaborative engineering team
• Experience working within a fast-moving technology or engineering environment
• Right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship not available)
