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Cerebras

Staff Software Engineer – Observability

Cerebras

. Design and implement observability instrumentation across services and platforms .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • United StatesLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing observability instrumentation, building telemetry pipelines, and operationalizing SLIs and SLOs. Proficient in backend software engineering with a strong focus on distributed systems and performance optimization.

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Backend Software EngineeringProficiency in Go, C++, Rust, Java, PythonDistributed Systems UnderstandingExperience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, GrafanaDesigning Scalable Telemetry Pipelines

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Hard Skills
Observability InstrumentationTelemetry Pipeline DevelopmentService-Level IndicatorsService-Level ObjectivesMetrics, Logs, and Distributed TracingProduction Monitoring and AlertingConcurrency and Performance TradeoffsRoot-Cause AnalysisHigh-Signal Alert DesignDebugging Large-Scale Production Incidents
Soft Skills
Collaboration with EngineersClear CommunicationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
OpenTelemetryPrometheusGrafanaDatadogElasticJaegerTempo
Industry Keywords
High-Performance ComputingAI/ML SystemsHardware-Aware ObservabilitySREPlatform Engineering

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Distributed SystemsGrafanaJavaPrometheusPythonRustC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and implement observability instrumentation across services and platforms
  • Build and maintain telemetry pipelines for metrics, logs, and traces at scale
  • Develop internal observability platforms, libraries, and tooling
  • Define and operationalize SLIs, SLOs, and alerting strategies
  • Partner with engineers to make systems debuggable by design
  • Reduce MTTR by enabling fast root-cause analysis during incidents
  • Create clear, actionable dashboards and alerts that reflect real system health
  • Balance telemetry signal against cost, noise, and performance impact
  • Improve the developer experience around observability and debugging
  • Write production software, shape internal platforms, and work with engineers across the stack

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Strong experience in backend or systems software engineering
  • Proficiency in one or more of: Go, C++, Rust, Java, Python
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals
  • Solid understanding of concurrency and performance tradeoffs
  • Hands-on experience with metrics, logs, and distributed tracing
  • Experience with production monitoring and alerting
  • Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Elastic, Jaeger, Tempo, or similar tools
  • Experience designing high-signal alerts
  • Experience designing scalable telemetry pipelines
  • Experience designing service-level indicators and objectives
  • Preferred: experience in high-performance computing, AI/ML systems, or inference platforms
  • Preferred: hardware-aware observability, including accelerators, GPUs, or custom hardware
  • Preferred: prior SRE or platform engineering background
  • Preferred: experience debugging large-scale production incidents
  • Preferred: building internal developer platforms or shared libraries

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Job stability with startup vitality
  • Opportunity to publish and open source cutting-edge AI research
  • Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world
  • Simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs
  • Continuous learning, growth and support
  • Equal and diverse work environment