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Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems

Modal

New York, NY · Mid

$180,000 – $240,000

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 seeking an engineer to work directly with AI companies, helping them architect and deploy production workloads on Modal's serverless GPU infrastructure. The role blends hands-on systems work with customer collaboration, requiring someone who thrives at the technical-business intersection and enjoys solving infrastructure problems at scale.

Our summary, not Modal’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure): compute, storage, networking, container orchestration
  • Familiarity with distributed systems architecture, data pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code tools
  • Strong communication skills for systems architecture discussions and articulating technical tradeoffs
  • Genuine interest in customer-facing technical work

Nice to have

  • Experience leading large-scale migration efforts
  • Open-source contributions
  • Side projects you're proud of

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