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AI Engineer, Model Quality and Performance

Cerebras Systems Sunnyvale, CA Full-time Software Posted Jun 3, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Cerebras Systems

AI chip design & inference · Sunnyvale

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Employee Rating
3.8
Work-Life Balance
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Open Roles
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What employees love

  • Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
  • Autonomy in small self-managed teams

What could be better

  • Top-down decisions with aggressive timelines
  • Recent layoffs and workload concerns
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About the Role

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. Our novel wafer-scale architecture provides the AI compute power of dozens of GPUs on a single chip, with the programming simplicity of a single device. This approach allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds and empowers machine learning users to effortlessly run large-scale ML applications, without the hassle of managing hundreds of GPUs or TPUs.

Cerebras' current customers include top model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

Thanks to the groundbreaking wafer-scale architecture, Cerebras Inference offers the fastest Generative AI inference solution in the world, over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services. This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.

About The Role

You'll own model quality and performance for Cerebras' inference offerings. You will define what "good" looks like across the models we serve, building AI-driven systems to measure it at scale, and translating those signals into artifacts our customers and product team actually use.

You'll use AI agents to spin up custom eval suites per customer use case, mine trajectories for representative test data, automate the repetitive parts of release qual, and help build performance datasets and benchmarking workflows for customer use cases. We want someone whose first instinct is "how do I get an AI agent to do this on a loop."

You'll sit between engineering, product, and customer-facing teams.

What You'll Do

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Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

  1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
  2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
  3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
  4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
  5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Read our blog: Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2026.

Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!


Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.


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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Cerebras Systems?
Cerebras Systems has a work-life balance score of 3.8/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is Cerebras Systems’s culture like?
Cerebras Systems is characterized by these culture values: eng-driven, learning, product-impact. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 4/5. Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
How many open roles does Cerebras Systems have?
Cerebras Systems currently has 97 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in Sunnyvale, CA. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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