Principal ML Investigator

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.

Cerebras is adding an ML team that can focus on a new ML effort that can align with existing teams. We are seeking a principal investigator who will partner with our ML leaders to formulate the new effort and to build up the new team and capabilities. This new team would coordinate with our current ML teams: Field ML, which works directly with customers, Applied ML, which builds new ML capabilities and applications for customers, and Core ML, which adapts ML algorithms to find unique capabilities of Cerebras hardware. The new team could take up the same or complementary responsibilities.

We would like the new team to work on some of the following areas:

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  Build up a team capable of industry research and advanced development.

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  Organize various advanced development topics into cohesive agenda.

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  Adapt novel algorithms and model architectures to run on the Cerebras platform.

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  Systematically train, tune, and evaluate models to guide/advise production scenarios.

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  Collaborate with other teams to co-design next-generation hardware and software architectures.

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  Collaborate with external partners (customers, academic) to drive insight and credibility.

• PhD in Computer Science or related field.

• Strong grasp of ML theory in one or more of the above areas.

• Proven experience engineering ML systems for scale or production deployment.

• Experience leading a team of researchers or engineers.

• Track record of patents or publications in top-tier conferences or journals.

• Experience with large language models (e.g., GPT family, Llama).

• Experience with distributed training concepts and frameworks.

• Experience in training speed optimizations, such as model architecture transformations to target hardware, or low-level kernel development (e.g., Triton).

• Ability to analytically model or optimize system performance.

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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