# Software Engineer, Kernel Reliability at Cerebras Systems

- Company: Cerebras Systems
- What the company does: Cerebras powers the world's fastest AI inference on the biggest wafer chip. Cerebras CS-4 delivers up to 30x faster inference than GPUs.
- Company website: https://www.cerebras.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: United States and Canada
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cerebras/8cb78937-ac30-4ab2-98d0-680228ea5e6f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cerebras-systems-software-engineer-kernel-reliability/

## About the role

We're looking for a deeply technical, hands-on software engineer to join our on-field Kernel Reliability team. You'll help tackle a critical challenge: improving the reliability of our advanced compute clusters and the underlying inference, training, and internal production services. In this role, you'll work close to the code and design solutions that will scale with our rapidly growing system production and software service offerings.

## What they're looking for

- We recognize great engineers come from different backgrounds. If you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification
- Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python
- Solid foundations in operating systems, computer architecture, and systems programming fundamentals
- Ability to debug complex issues using logs, traces, and standard debugging workflows, interest in root-cause analysis
- Exposure to parallel and distributed programming (message passing, multicore, GPU, embedded, etc.)
- Experience building or using debug/diagnostic tools (debuggers, core dump handling, tracing, sanitizers, profilers, etc.)

Tags: Software Engineering