Observability, Data Scientist

<p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Salary Range: PLN 350,700 - 474,400 + Benefits + Equity</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Subject to alignment to the responsibilities and duties of the role.<br></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Location: Gdańsk - Hybrid Working Policy - 2-3 Days per week in office</span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About Graphcore</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job Summary&nbsp;<br></strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are seeking a Data Scientist / Data Analyst to transform large-scale infrastructure and hardware-level telemetry into actionable insights, predictive intelligence, and automated decision systems.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Working closely with telemetry platform engineers, you will analyze data across the full stack - from data center infrastructure down to chip-level signals (power, thermals, performance counters, reliability indicators) to detect anomalies, predict failures, and optimize system behaviour. This role complements telemetry engineering by extracting intelligence from observability systems and enabling data-driven control loops.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will operate at the intersection of data science, distributed systems, and infrastructure observability.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Data Analysis &amp; Modelling</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Analyse large-scale telemetry datasets (metrics, logs, events) across multiple layers: data center (clusters, networking, cooling), system (servers, accelerators), silicon-level (on-chip sensors, performance counters, voltage, thermal, error signals).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop anomaly detection models for infrastructure-level events and hardware/silicon anomalies (e.g., thermal hotspots, voltage instability, error rate drift).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build predictive models for fault detection and failure forecasting (e.g., hardware degradation, thermal issues, network anomalies).&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to identify patterns and root causes.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Automation &amp; Intelligence</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design automated remediation strategies informed by both system and hardware-level signals.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate models into observability and control systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enable closed-loop optimization using real-time hardware telemetry streams.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Data Engineering Collaboration</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with telemetry engineers on data ingestion pipelines, ensuring data quality and usability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help define schemas, feature extraction pipelines, and aggregation strategies (e.g., down-sampling, windowing).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Optimize use of time-series databases and analytics platforms.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Visualization &amp; Reporting</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build dashboards and visualizations for operational insights (Grafana, Superset, etc.).&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Present complex data in clear, actionable formats for engineering and leadership.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Define KPIs and health metrics for infrastructure systems.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner with platform, hardware, and software teams to understand system behaviour.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Support debugging, performance analysis, and benchmarking efforts using telemetry data.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to reference designs and best practices for observability and analytics.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Skills and Experience&nbsp;</strong></span><br><br></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BSc/MSc/PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or related field.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong experience with time-series data analysis and large-scale telemetry datasets.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency in Python (NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, ML frameworks).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with:</span> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anomaly detection techniques (statistical + ML-based)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Predictive modeling and forecasting</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Signal processing techniques (filtering, smoothing, FFT or similar is a plus)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Data visualization tools (e.g., Grafana, Tableau, Plotly)</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with:</span> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Time-series databases (e.g., Prometheus, InfluxDB)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Observability stacks and monitoring systems</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of data pipelines and distributed systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication skills - ability to translate data insights into engineering actions.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Desirable:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with data center infrastructure, hardware telemetry and cloud platforms.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of monitoring, observability and management solutions in use by hyperscalers.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with root cause analysis in distributed systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience deploying models into production.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understanding of system architecture (CPU/GPU/accelerators, networking) .</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with real-time analytics frameworks (Kafka, Flink, Spark).</span></li> </ul> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Benefits</strong></span></h2> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">In addition to a competitive salary, 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. &nbsp;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.<br><br></span></p> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Sponsorship</strong></span></h2> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Applicants for this position must hold the right to work in the Poland. Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support for visa applications.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p>