Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
Best For
Cerebras Systems
Best for: Hardware and systems engineers who want to build the world's fastest AI chip at a newly public company
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsFigma
4.0
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.1
Work-Life Balance
4.1
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.5
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
No unique values
Figma only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Cerebras Systems
- Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
- Autonomy in small self-managed teams
- Top-down decisions with aggressive timelines
- Recent layoffs and workload concerns
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
Bottom Line
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.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Figma — 155 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
27
👤 HR / People
11
🎨 Design
9
📣 Marketing
6
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
4
💰 Finance
2
🎧 Support
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Figma also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and Figma has 155 open roles.