Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
Lambda
Mid (~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
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsLambda
4.0
3.6
Overall
3.8
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.7
Culture & Values
4.0
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.4
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.4
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Lambda only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 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
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact. Cerebras Systems also emphasizes Learning & Growth. Lambda also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.