# Software Engineer - New Grad 2026

**Company:** [Cerebras Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cerebras-systems)
**Location:** Toronto, Canada, Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** C, C++, Linux, tcp, rdma, rpc, wireshark, Networking, Embedded Systems, operating systems, device drivers, Distributed Systems, Performance Optimization, concurrent programming, ml frameworks
**Posted:** 2026-05-11

> Build and optimize low-level software for Cerebras’s AI-accelerated systems, working across hardware interfaces, networking, distributed infrastructure, and compilers. The role targets 2026 graduates with C/C++ proficiency and an interest in systems programming, performance, and hardware-software integration.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Collaborate with experienced engineers on systems and infrastructure challenges.
- Design, implement, test, and debug software solutions affecting system performance and reliability.
- Contribute to low-level software components interacting with hardware and networking infrastructure.
- Work across layers of an AI-accelerated platform, including hardware interfaces, distributed systems, compilers, and ML frameworks.
- Participate in debugging, performance optimization, and system bring-up activities.
- Develop tools and infrastructure to improve observability, reliability, and scalability.
- Work cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, compiler, and infrastructure teams.

## Requirements
- Recently graduated or currently enrolled in a university program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, graduating in 2026.
- Proficiency in C/C++ programming languages.
- Interest or exposure to systems or socket programming, networking, embedded systems, operating systems, device drivers, distributed systems, or network performance.
- Desire to work close to hardware and networks and learn low-level engineering concepts.
- Detail-oriented, with willingness to learn broadly and step outside a comfort zone.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Linux systems programming or debugging tools.
- Familiarity with TCP/RDMA protocols, RPCs, and packet-trace tools such as Wireshark.
- Exposure to networking concepts, device drivers, embedded systems, or distributed infrastructure.
- Familiarity with performance optimization or concurrent programming concepts.
- Interest in large-scale AI infrastructure and accelerated computing systems.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Hybrid role based in Toronto, ON, or Sunnyvale, CA.
- Opportunity to work on an AI-accelerated platform, publish and open-source AI research, and contribute to high-performance computing infrastructure.
- Startup vitality, job stability, and a non-corporate work culture emphasizing learning, growth, and support.

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