Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
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
Vanta
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who want top-of-market comp at the category leader in security compliance and can handle a meeting-heavy, high-intensity pace
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsVanta
4.0
3.8
Overall
3.8
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.9
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.6
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
Vanta only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🎯 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
Vanta
- Strong compensation rated 4.3/5 — best category score
- Market-defining product in security compliance automation
- Brutal meeting culture pushing work into nights and weekends
- Virtually no AEs hit quota — targets unrealistically high
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.
Vanta
Pays extremely well and owns its market niche, but the meeting-heavy culture and low WLB score (3.3/5) signal this is not for anyone seeking balance.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Vanta — 166 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
78
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
8
🎨 Design
6
📣 Marketing
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact. Cerebras Systems also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth. Vanta also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and Vanta has 166 open roles.