Senior Security Engineer

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. Our novel wafer-scale architecture provides the AI compute power of dozens of GPUs on a single chip, with the programming simplicity of a single device. This approach allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds and empowers machine learning users to effortlessly run large-scale ML applications, without the hassle of managing hundreds of GPUs or TPUs.

Cerebras' current customers include global corporations across multiple industries, national labs, and top-tier healthcare systems. In January, we announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership with Mayo Clinic, underscoring our commitment to transforming AI applications across various fields. In August, we launched Cerebras Inference, the fastest Generative AI inference solution in the world, over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.

About The Role

As a Security Engineer at Cerebras Systems, you will help secure the world's largest AI compute and the fastest AI inference platform. In this role, you'll focus on product security, identifying and mitigating weaknesses in our software stack by building AI powered security tools, performing code reviews, conducting security testing and assessments. You will work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and modern security engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered security tools and security pipelines leveraging Cerebras world-class inference to detect and remediate vulnerabilities across the software development lifecycle.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for cloud infrastructure, containerized environments, and Kubernetes platforms, ensuring secure design, deployment, CD/CI pipelines and operations.
• Partner with development and operation teams to provide security guidance, foster secure coding practices and drive a culture of security awareness across the organization.
• Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments to proactively identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Track, analyze and manage third-party supply chain vulnerabilities across applications and infrastructure (on-prem and cloud) and support teams in timely remediation.
• Assist in security incident response, including investigation, analysis, resolution and documentation of application related incidents.

Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security or Security Engineering roles.
• Bachelor /master's in computer science, Information Security or related field from a top-tier institution or proven security research track record (open-source security tool contributions or bug bounties).
• Proficiency in programming languages (Python, Go, C++ etc.) and system design.
• Deep understanding of Cybersecurity basics, including threat modeling, risk assessments and incident response.
• Experience with code security (SAST, DAST, Secure supply chain, IAC security etc).
• Knowledge of web security tools (e.g. Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP), familiarity with security protocols and applied cryptography.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Assets

• Experience securing applications in high-speed startup environments.
• Exposure to AI/ML security, Adversarial AI or large-scale computational workload security.
• Exposure to OWASP Top 10, CIS Benchmarks or compliance frameworks.
• Top bug bounty rankings, CVEs or public Hall of Fame shout-outs.

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we've reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

• Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.

• Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.

• Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.

• Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.

• Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.