# Distributed Software Engineer

**Company:** [Cerebras Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cerebras-systems)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Go, Python, Bash, Distributed Systems, cluster orchestration, cluster scheduling, bare-metal provisioning, Monitoring, high availability, automated testing
**Posted:** 2026-01-09

> Build and operate distributed software for Cerebras wafer-scale AI clusters, including provisioning, orchestration, scheduling, monitoring, failure handling, and upgrade workflows. The role requires strong distributed-systems development experience and proficiency in Go, Python, Bash, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Automate bare-metal configuration of networking, operating systems, and application software in large clusters of Cerebras WSEs, servers, and switches.
- Build push-button workflows for cluster upgrades, downgrades, and security patching, with key metrics to minimize downtime.
- Develop an orchestration and scheduler system for resource allocation, job submission, and placement in a multi-user cluster environment.
- Support both on-premises and cloud deployment and operations.
- Build robust systems for monitoring, detecting, and handling failures across cluster resources, including high availability.
- Develop cluster and job monitoring, visualization, and alerting capabilities.
- Build user-facing tools to monitor job status and collect metrics.
- Build administrator-facing tools to manage and operate large clusters.

## Requirements
- Strong track record in software architecture, system design, and development.
- Strong experience developing distributed cluster systems.
- Strong understanding of the Kubernetes software ecosystem, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Strong development skills in Go, Python, and Bash.
- Strong debugging skills with distributed systems.
- Strong ability to develop tests for new features and prevent regressions.

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