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# Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems

New York / San Francisco · On-site

Cloud architecture Docker Kubernetes Distributed systems

THE OPPORTUNITY

## A role wortha closer look.

Help customers design and move demanding infrastructure workloads onto Modal. The role covers cloud architecture, networking, storage, containers and sandbox environments, combining systems engineering with direct customer collaboration. Engineers lead technical discovery, build proofs of concept and feed practical requirements back into Modal’s platform development.

### Experience highlighted by the employer

- At least three years of professional software engineering experience and hands-on work with cloud infrastructure.
- Understand containers, orchestration and distributed systems, and communicate infrastructure tradeoffs to engineering leaders.

### Location & eligibility

On-site in New York or San Francisco; the description also permits Stockholm. The source does not specify US sponsorship or work authorization terms.

### Compensation

USD $180,000–$240,000 / year. Employer-published annual salary range, plus equity.

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YOUR NEXT STEP

## Make yourwork count.

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