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Senior Inference ML API SDET

Cerebras· Software Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA, Toronto, CANFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer in Test focusing on ML API features, leading testing strategy for AI/ML models, evaluating accuracy, fairness, and performance at scale, and owning integration and validation of software and hardware components for Cerebras API Features.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and own end-to-end test strategies for new features, developing scalable tests, frameworks, and tooling to ensure quality.
  • Lead contributions to industry-standard benchmarks and drive adoption of rigorous evaluation methodologies.
  • Define and drive automation initiatives to significantly improve internal engineering efficiency and test coverage.
  • Make strategic decisions around coverage trade-offs, resource requirements, and risk-based testing priorities.
  • Serve as a technical anchor in a highly agile environment, adapting quickly to shifting priorities while maintaining quality standards.
  • Mentor and guide junior SDETs on testing methodology, debugging practices, and automation development.
  • Proactively identify systemic quality gaps and drive cross-functional initiatives to address them.
  • Lead and facilitate effective technical communication across teams and time zones.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant industry experience in software integration, development, or quality engineering.
  • Deep expertise in automation and programming using one or more languages such as Python, C++, or Go; ability to design and build reusable test frameworks from the ground up.
  • Proven experience testing compute, machine learning, networking, or storage systems within large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Strong track record of debugging complex issues across distributed, scaled-out deployments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional quality initiatives involving product development, product management, customer operations, and field teams.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting technical findings to both engineering and leadership audiences.
  • Strong organizational skills, ownership mindset, and ability to drive projects to completion independently.
  • Experience leading and mentoring engineers across geographically dispersed teams and time zones.

Skills

Required:Software testing / SDET leadershipAutomation / test frameworksProgramming languages (Python, C++, Go)Distributed systems testingDebugging / problem-solvingCross-functional collaborationCommunicationMentoring / leadership
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Cerebras

Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training. Learn more at cerebras.ai.

Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training.

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