Staff Engineer, Inference Platform - Distributed Systems

Cerebras; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras is seeking a Staff Engineer to join their Inference Platform team in Sunnyvale, California. This role involves leading and contributing to projects focused on cloud and ML components, with responsibilities spanning design, mentoring, and coding.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. This hands-on leadership position offers a chance to shape the future of a globally distributed architecture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with large-scale systems.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture ideally with Kubernetes.
• Strong proficiency in backend or systems languages such as Go, C++.

Responsibilities

• Raise the effectiveness of senior engineers through feedback and technical standards.
• Help shape the technical direction for the Inference Platform.
• Architect active-active systems with rapid failover and clear SLOs.
• Lead on critical production issues and cross-system bottlenecks.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Distributed systems architecture

Kubernetes expertise

Security practices

Backend languages (Go, C++)

Observability practices

Job description

Cerebras is seeking a Staff Engineer to join their Inference Platform team in Sunnyvale, California. This role involves leading and contributing to projects focused on cloud and ML components, with responsibilities spanning design, mentoring, and coding.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. This hands-on leadership position offers a chance to shape the future of a globally distributed architecture.