Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
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
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsGitLab
4.0
3.9
Overall
3.8
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.1
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.7
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Shared
None
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
GitLab
- Best-in-class all-remote culture — truly async-first with genuine flexibility
- Radically transparent company with a public handbook and open processes
- Revenue organization has seen quota chaos and low morale
- Some leadership instability at the C-suite level
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.
GitLab
Choose GitLab if you want the gold standard of all-remote work with public handbook and async processes — but expect bureaucracy at scale and comp below top-tier.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.