Machine Learning Engineer (Model Bring-Up)
Quick Summary
Understand model architectures, load and convert weights, implement supported execution paths, and establish correctness against reference implementations.
Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; 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.
Cerebras works with the leading 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.
About the Role
~1 min readWe are looking for an ML Engineer who can take a model from its reference implementation to efficient execution on AI accelerator hardware. You will own model bring-up, develop MLIR-based lowering paths, validate numerical correctness, and optimize performance across the model, compiler, kernels, and runtime.
This role combines practical knowledge of model architectures with strong compiler and systems engineering skills.
We are looking for an ML Engineer who can take a model from its reference implementation to efficient execution on AI accelerator hardware. You will own model bring-up, develop MLIR-based lowering paths, validate numerical correctness, and optimize performance across the model, compiler, kernels, and runtime.
This role combines practical knowledge of model architectures with strong compiler and systems engineering skills.
Responsibilities
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Requirements
~1 min readStrong programming skills in C++ and Python.
Hands-on experience bringing up and debugging ML models in PyTorch or a comparable framework.
Practical experience with MLIR, including dialects, rewrite patterns, transformation passes, and lowering pipelines.
Understanding of compiler fundamentals, including intermediate representations, dataflow analysis, and code generation.
Understanding of transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, tensor operations, and numerical precision.
Experience profiling and optimizing workloads on GPUs or other AI accelerators.
Ability to debug correctness and performance issues across model code, compiler-generated code, kernels, and runtime execution.
Experience with LLM inference, including GQA, sliding-window attention, MoE, KV caching, and speculative decoding.
Experience with FP16, BF16, FP8, or low-bit quantization and their accuracy and performance tradeoffs.
Experience developing accelerator kernels or hardware-specific compiler backends.
Familiarity with distributed execution, model parallelism, and accelerator memory hierarchies.
Contributions to MLIR, LLVM, inference frameworks, or related open-source projects.
What We Offer
~1 min readPeople 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:
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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Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 9, 2026
- First seen
- October 9, 2026
- Last seen
- October 9, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 67%
- Scored at
- October 9, 2026
Signal breakdown
Cerebras Systems is revolutionizing AI acceleration with its innovative hardware solutions designed to enhance deep learning capabilities.
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