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$220,000 – $300,000
Listed on Modal’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Modal is hiring a platform engineer to build and operate the infrastructure layer supporting their AI compute service, used by companies like DoorDash and Suno. You'll design for reliability and performance at scale, lead incident response, and define operational processes for a rapidly growing cloud platform.
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years writing production code
- 2+ years on-call for critical systems
- Strong cloud skills with deep hyperscaler experience
- Familiarity with auto scaling and capacity planning at scale
- Experience operating databases, monitoring, and infrastructure at scale
- Work in-person at NYC or Stockholm office
Nice to have
- Experience scaling Kubernetes clusters to thousands of nodes
- Background in systems safety research (e.g., STAMP)
- Control theory knowledge