Brex
Large (~1,600)
Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Cerebras Systems
Best for: Hardware and systems engineers who want to build the world's fastest AI chip at a newly public company
Ratings
BrexCerebras Systems
4.0
4.0
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.1
Culture & Values
4.0
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.8
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🪟 Transparent
Cerebras Systems only
No unique values
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
Cerebras Systems
- Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
- Autonomy in small self-managed teams
- Top-down decisions with aggressive timelines
- Recent layoffs and workload concerns
Bottom Line
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
Cerebras Systems
Choose Cerebras if you want to work on wafer-scale AI chips with collaborative mentorship and autonomy — but expect aggressive timelines driven from the top and recent organizational instability post-IPO.
Open Roles
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
2
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. They’re tied on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Brex also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Transparent.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles.