Network Architect

As a Network Architect on the Cluster Architecture Team at Cerebras Systems, you will design and optimize AI/ML and HPC clusters, focusing on interconnect architecture for current and future generations. This role involves developing proof-of-concept for new network designs, ensuring high resource utilization, low latency, and high throughput. You will collaborate with vendors, internal teams, and industry peers to drive network hardware and feature roadmaps, and act as a central point for network reliability issues.

Must Have

• Design AI/ML and HPC Clusters
• Identify and address performance or efficiency bottlenecks
• Drive technical projects involving multiple teams
• Bring effective communication skills
• Collaborate with vendors and industry peers to drive network hardware and feature roadmap
• Represent Cerebras in industry forums
• Central point of contact for any network reliability issues
• Ph.D. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering + 10 years industry experience or Master’s in CS or EE + 15 years industry experience
• 8+ Years of experience in large scale network designs in WAN or Datacenter
• Extensive experience debugging networking issues in large distributed systems environment with multiple networking platforms and protocols
• Experience of managing and leading multi-phase and multi-team projects
• Proficiency with Networking platforms like Juniper, Arista, Cisco, Open box architectures (Sonic, FOBSS)
• Proficiency with Networking protocols like RoCE, BGP, DCQCN, PFC, Streaming telemetry
• Familiarity with automation languages like Python, or Go
• Familiarity with Network visibility and management systems

Perks & Benefits

• Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU
• Publish and open source cutting-edge AI research
• Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world
• Enjoy job stability with startup vitality
• Simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs

About The Role

As a Network Architect on the Cluster Architecture Team, you will work closely with the vendors, internal networking teams and industry peers to develop best-in-class interconnect architecture of the current and future generations of the Cerebras AI clusters. You will be responsible for developing proof-of-concept of new network designs and features enabling resilient and reliable network for AI workloads. The role will require cross-functional collaboration and interaction with diverse hardware components (e.g., network devices and the Wafer-Scale Engine) as well as software at several layers of the stack, from host-side networking to cluster-level coordination. The role also requires understanding of network monitoring systems and network debugging methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design AI/ML and HPC Clusters.
• Identify and address performance or efficiency bottlenecks, ensuring high resource utilization, low latency, and high throughput communication.
• Drive technical projects involving multiple teams, various software and hardware components coming together to realize advanced Networking technologies.
• Bring effective communication skills.
• Collaborate with vendors and industry peers to drive network hardware and feature roadmap.
• Represent Cerebras in industry forums.
• Central point of contact for any network reliability issues.

Skills & Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering + 10 years industry experience or Master’s in CS or EE + 15 years industry experience.
• 8+ Years of experience in large scale network designs in WAN or Datacenter.
• Extensive experience debugging networking issues in large distributed systems environment with multiple networking platforms and protocols.
• Experience of managing and leading multi-phase and multi-team projects.
• Networking platforms like Juniper, Arista, Cisco, Open box architectures (Sonic, FOBSS).
• Networking protocols like RoCE, BGP, DCQCN, PFC, Streaming telemetry.
• Familiarity with automation languages like Python, or Go.
• Familiarity with Network visibility and management systems.

Why Join Cerebras

People 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:

1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.

2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.

3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.

4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.

5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Read our blog: Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2025.

Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!

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