Customer-Facing Cloud Infra Engineer (NYC/SF/Stockholm)

Modal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Modal is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer in New York, NY to collaborate with leading AI companies on cloud infrastructure and deployment. You'll work directly with clients to solve complex engineering challenges and help design their production workloads on Modal’s platform.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years in software engineering, expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and enjoys engaging with customers to address their unique needs while ensuring smooth architectural transitions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with distributed systems architecture and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Work with companies to architect and deploy production workloads on Modal.
• Lead technical discovery sessions with customers.
• Architect migration paths from cloud infrastructure to Modal's platform.

Skills

Professional software engineering experience

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms

Strong communication skills

Interest in customer problem solving

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Modal is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer in New York, NY to collaborate with leading AI companies on cloud infrastructure and deployment. You'll work directly with clients to solve complex engineering challenges and help design their production workloads on Modal’s platform.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years in software engineering, expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and enjoys engaging with customers to address their unique needs while ensuring smooth architectural transitions.