# Sr. Member of Technical Staff

**Company:** [Cerebras Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cerebras-systems)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $230k – $250k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Aws Cloudformation, Aws Cdk, Ansible, Aws Eks, Aws Ecs, Aws Fargate, Helm, Aws Ec2, AWS Lambda, Aws Cloudwatch
**Posted:** 2026-05-08

> Develops resilient, high-availability software for AI inference on AWS, including deployment workflows, container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring, and debugging. Requires Master's in CS and 18 months experience with AWS services, IaC tools, and Python.

## Job Description

## Job Duties
- Design and develop software features that support system resiliency and high availability, including automated recovery mechanisms and fault-tolerant architecture across distributed environments.
- Develop and maintain cloud-based deployment workflows for AI inference software using AWS tools and services to support low-latency and scalable system performance.
- Develop Python-based scripts and APIs to streamline data preprocessing, inference execution, and post-processing for real-time inference tasks.
- Use parallel programming techniques (e.g., multi-threading, asynchronous processing) to maximize resource efficiency on AWS compute instances.
- Develop software components to support visualization and analysis of system performance metrics, enhancing the monitoring and usability of inference services.
- Develop inference software in Docker containers and define Kubernetes orchestration strategies that ensure software reliability and efficient scaling.
- Develop automated scripts to detect and mitigate common failure modes, improving software system reliability.
- Debug issues related to model deployment, container orchestration, networking configurations, documenting steps to reproduce and root-cause defects.
- Triage and resolve defects in the software service by analyzing logs, metrics, and distributed traces using tools like AWS CloudWatch, Grafana, or custom Python scripts.
- Work with product management and user experience teams to define requirements for inference service interfaces, including configuration, monitoring, and event logging.
- Author detailed technical documentation for infrastructure configurations, inference workflows, and APIs, ensuring clarity for internal teams and external customers.
- Document and track defects, enhancements, and release notes using tools like Jira and Git, ensuring version control and traceability.

## Minimum Requirements
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field.
- 18 months experience as Information Security Analyst, Software Engineer, Sr. Member of Technical Staff, IT Senior Applications Engineer, or related.
- **Infrastructure-as-Code and deployment automation**: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible.
- **Containerization and orchestration**: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, AWS ECS, AWS Fargate, Helm.
- **Compute and serverless services**: AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, Auto Scaling Groups.
- **Monitoring, logging, distributed tracing**: AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Prometheus, Grafana.
- **Programming languages and frameworks**: Python, Node.js, JavaScript, Flask.
- **Data storage and caching**: PostgreSQL, Redis, NFS.
- **CI/CD and version control**: Jenkins, Git.

## Compensation
- Salary: $230,000 - $250,000 per year

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