Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Originally posted 8 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role focuses on developing and maintaining high-performance, low-latency inference infrastructure. The work involves deploying and optimizing scalable inference services for AI applications.
What you'll do
- Implement infrastructure to support high-performance, low-latency inference service. - Deploy and configure Kubernetes services to ensure scalability and reliability of inference workloads. - Optimize resource allocation and auto-scaling policies to handle variable inference demand. - Integrate inference services with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes. - Ensure high availability and fault tolerance by implementing multi-region deployments and disaster recovery strategies. - Develop Python-based scripts and APIs to streamline data preprocessing, inference execution, and post-processing.
What you'll need
- Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field. - One (1) year of experience as a Software Developer, Student/Intern (Software Developer), Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer), Software Engineer, or a related occupation. - Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. - Experience with Java or C++. - Experience with ActiveMQ and Kafka. - Experience with Python or Groovy. - Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript. - Experience with Linux. - Experience with SQL, OracleDB, and Redis. - Experience with Git.
Skills: high-performance inference infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, scalability, fault tolerance
This role has been open 84 days — well above the 52-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
|
Open roles in category
968
|
Median days open
52 d
|
Median salary
$236k
|
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cerebras | All employers we track in this specialty (968 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 968 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 73 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 84 d | 52 d (+32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: high-performance inference infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, scalability, fault tolerance
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 278 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 20 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 94 d
- Intel Corporation · 43 open roles · median 13 d
- Cerebras (this employer) · 36 open roles · median 84 d
How we counted: 968 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.