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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 systems engineers to design and operate the infrastructure layer powering their AI computing platform, which handles GPU access, container orchestration, and distributed storage at scale. This role suits experienced engineers who thrive on performance optimization and want to work on the foundational systems that enable modern AI workloads.
Our summary, not Modal’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years writing production code
- Experience building high-performance distributed systems at scale
- Strong cloud infrastructure skills
- Deep knowledge of OS foundations (Linux kernel, file systems, containers)
- Performance engineering experience
- On-call rotation and incident response capability
- In-person work in NYC or SF office
Nice to have
- Prior Rust experience