Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems

Senior Runtime Engineer

Sunnyvale CA or Toronto Canada · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 97 days ago
PythonC++Distributed SystemsData StructuresMachine LearningPyTorchData EngineeringLLMsComplianceRoadmappingSystems EngineeringElectrical EngineeringCommunication

About the role

  • Your work will push the limits of concurrency, throughput, and scalability-enabling efficient execution of models at massive scale.
  • This role sits at the intersection of systems engineering and machine learning performance, demanding both architectural depth and low-level implementation skills.
  • You will help shape how models are executed and optimized end-to-end, from data ingestion to distributed execution, across cutting-edge hardware platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement distributed runtime components to efficiently manage large-scale execution workloads.
  • Develop and optimize high-performance data and communication pipelines that fully utilize CPU, memory, storage, and network resources.
  • Collaborate closely with ML and compiler teams to integrate new model architectures, training regimes, and hardware-specific optimizations.
  • Contribute to overall system design, architecture reviews, and roadmap planning for large- scale AI workloads.
  • Proven ability to debug, profile, and optimize code across scales-from threads to clusters.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience developing high-performance or distributed system software.
  • Experience with distributed systems, networking, or inter-process communication.
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Experience with compiler internals, custom hardware interfaces, or low-level protocol design.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Skills

  • Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2026.
  • Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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Company info

  • Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
  • Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
  • Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
  • Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
  • Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
  • We are building the next generation of large-scale AI systems that power training and inference workloads at unprecedented scale and efficiency.

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