CoDesign & NextGen Performance Engineer

Cerebras Systems

$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelors / Masters / PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with a strong background in computer architecture.
  • Understanding of low-level deep learning and large language models (LLM) mathematics.
  • Analytical and problem-solving mindset essential for performance optimization.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Computer Architecture, CPU/GPU Performance, Kernel Optimization, or HPC.
  • Experience with CPU/GPU simulators is crucial.
  • Familiarity with performance profiling and debugging across system pipelines.
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python programming languages.

Responsibilities

  • Bring up and optimize performance on new generations of the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE).
  • Build performance models to estimate performance of advanced ML models.
  • Optimize and debug kernel microcode and compiler algorithms for improved ML inference speed and compute utilization.
  • Debug runtime performance on the Cerebras system and compute cluster.
  • Develop tools to visualize performance data from the Wafer Scale Engine and compute cluster.

Benefits

  • Opportunities to work with cutting-edge AI hardware and software technology.
  • Collaboration with a team of experts in AI and computer architecture.
  • Influence the design of next-generation AI architecture and systems.
  • A dynamic, innovative work environment with a focus on technological advancement.
  • Access to tools and resources that support professional growth and development.
Full Job Description
About The Role

This role focuses on characterizing, analyzing, and optimizing the performance of state-of-the-art AI models running on Cerebras' breakthrough hardware. You will work across the hardware and software stack to identify bottlenecks, improve computational efficiency, and help influence the design of Cerebras' next-generation AI architecture and software systems.

Responsibilities
  • Bring up and optimize performance on new generations of the Cerebras WSE.
  • Build performance models (kernel-level, end-to-end) to estimate the performance of state of the art and customer ML models.
  • Optimize and debug our kernel micro code and compiler algorithms to elevate ML model inference speed, throughput and compute utilization on the Cerebras WSE.
  • Debug and understand runtime performance on the system and cluster.
  • Develop tools and infrastructure to help visualize performance data collected from the Wafer Scale Engine and our compute cluster.


Skills & Qualifications
  • Bachelors / Masters / PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
    Strong background in computer architecture.
  • Exposure to and understanding of low-level deep learning / LLM math.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
  • 3+ years of experience in a relevant domain (Computer Architecture, CPU/GPU Performance, Kernel Optimization, HPC).
  • Experience working on CPU/GPU simulators.
  • Exposure to performance profiling and debug on any system pipeline.
  • Comfort with C++ and Python.

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