Cerebras Systems

Technology

NetworkArchitect

$175–245k ~AI est. Sunnyvale, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Network Architect at Cerebras Systems. Skills: Network architecture, Datacenter networking, AI cluster networking, Network automation. Design network fabrics. Build proof-of-concept implementations”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Identify bottlenecks; Resolve bottlenecks; Network debugging

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years industry experience, 10+ years industry experience, 3+ years designing large-scale networks, Extensive hands-on debugging experience, Demonstrated track record leading projects

Nice to Have

Prior experience at hyperscalers, Experience with AI/ML cluster networking, Track record of contributions to open-source

What You'll Do.

Design network fabrics

Build proof-of-concept implementations

Resolve performance bottlenecks

Automate network deployment

Automate network configuration

Automate network validation

Operate observability systems

Drive post-incident analysis

Lead network debugging

Lead technical projects

Collaborate with vendors

Shape network roadmaps

Serve as contact for reliability

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal networking teams; Hardware vendors; Industry peers; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Technical voice; Industry forums; Technical communities

Process & Methodology

Multi-phase projects

Full Job Description

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 We are looking for a Network Architect to join our Cluster Engineering Team and help shape the front-end datacenter and interconnect fabric for the current and next generations of our AI clusters. You will partner closely with hardware vendors, internal networking teams, and industry peers to define best-in-class network architectures that deliver resilient, reliable, and high-throughput connectivity for large-scale AI workloads. This is a deeply technical role that spans the full stack, from host-side networking and NIC behavior up through cluster-level coordination and requires fluency across diverse hardware components (including network switches, NICs, and the Accelerator Compute Engine) and the software layers that drive them. You will own proof-of-concept work for new network designs and features, and you will be the central techn

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