Is Graphcore a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Graphcore have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 16 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Graphcore employees being 4.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer jobs at Graphcore now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Graphcore .

Does Graphcore pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Graphcore with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 16 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries and benefits at Graphcore .

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Graphcore?

90% of Software Engineer employees at Graphcore would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 13% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Graphcore with a 4.6 rating for work-life-balance, 3.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.5 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Graphcore?

Software Engineer (14) , AI Engineer (7) , AI Applications Engineer (3) , Engineer (3) , Machine Learning Engineer (3) , Manager (3) , Anonymous (2) , Engineering Manager (2) , Field Engineer (2) , Intern (2) , Research Scientist (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Silicon Engineer (2) , Software Developer (2) , Software Infrastructure Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Graphcore according to real employee reviews?

"Great people" ((in 13 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 9 reviews)); "Good salary and benefits (if you work as expected)." ((in 6 reviews)); "Great opportunities" ((in 5 reviews)); "Great team, lots of interesting challenges to solve." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Graphcore according to real employee reviews?

"Leadership is great at gaslighting this fact, i.e., making you second guess what other companies would pay." ((in 4 reviews)); "Not sure if senior management were concerned with that though" ((in 3 reviews)); "Middle management needs not to improvise." ((in 3 reviews))

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Graphcore Software Engineer reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Nigel Toon

92% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Work/Life balance

4.5

Culture and values

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Diversity and inclusion

Software Engineer employees have rated Graphcore with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Graphcore is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

16 reviews

5.0

11 Oct 2025

Previous employee

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Work life balance Interesting work

Cons

Can't think of anything major

4.0

25 Sept 2024

Good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Easy work culture and nice ppl

Cons

Not much to say .. everything was good.

3.0

24 Feb 2024

Generally good but a few snags

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

People very friendly and people in all teams willing to help each other to work to a common goal (no individual bonus culture helps that) Offices have good facilities Good work/life balance and remote working - people activitely share hobbies on Slack etc Company is very open about direction and strategy

Cons

Equal opportunities not always observed: some "positive" discrimination has snuck in Opaque career progression - unclear why some progess and others do not

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