Staff Kernel Optimzation Engineer is open at Cerebras in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid). The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $235K. Posted on Feb 5, 2026, and still on Cerebras’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
As a Kernel Engineer on our team, you will develop high-performance software solutions at the intersection of hardware and software, developing high-performance software for cutting-edge AI and HPC workloads. Your focus will be on implementing, optimizing, and scaling deep learning operations to fully leverage our custom, massively parallel processor architecture. You will be part of a world-class team responsible…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Cerebras’s careers page.
Hiring at Cerebras
Cerebras has 125 open roles right now, 9 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Security and Data & Research. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $218K. See all its roles
