Cerebras Systems
Engineers on the inference performance team at Cerebras Systems work at the intersection of hardware and software to drive end‑to‑end model inference speed and throughput. They build performance models, optimize kernel microcode and compiler algorithms, debug runtime performance, and develop tooling for visualizing performance data from the Wafer Scale Engine and compute clusters.
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2015
Cerebras is an AI compute company powering the world's fastest AI inference through its proprietary Wafer-Scale Engine chip, which is purpose-built for ultra-fast AI and 58x larger than GPUs. The company offers cloud, dedicated, and on-premises deployment options, enabling developers and enterprises to serve, fine-tune, and pre-train large models at speeds up to 15x faster than GPU-based systems. Cerebras serves a broad range of customers—from leading AI labs like OpenAI to enterprises in healthcare, finance, and software—through a developer-friendly API with drop-in OpenAI compatibility.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Cerebras Systems Raises $1.1 Billion Series G at $8.1 Billion Valuation
Sep 30, 2025
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