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ML Systems Performance Engineer

US and Canada Offices💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Drive end-to-end model inference speed and throughput by operating at the intersection of hardware and software, focusing on low-level kernel debugging, system-level analysis, and performance modeling.

Role type

ML Systems Performance Engineer

Builds

Performance models, optimized kernel micro code, compiler algorithms, and diagnostic tooling for the Cerebras WSE.

Domain

Hardware/Software intersection, specifically Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) and high-performance computing (HPC).

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Computer architecture, low-level deep learning / LLM math, performance profiling and debugging, C++, Python, CPU/GPU simulators, kernel optimization, HPC.

Preferred skills

null

Technologies

Cerebras WSE, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Build performance models to estimate ML model performance; Optimize and debug kernel micro code and compiler algorithms; Debug and understand runtime performance on the system and cluster; Develop tools and infrastructure to visualize performance data.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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