Engineering Manager, Distributed Systems & Infra

Mixpeek; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Modal is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of experienced engineers. This hands-on leadership role blends technical contribution with people management to drive high‑impact systems work in distributed computing and data handling.

You’ll help set direction, remove blockers, and foster a strong engineering culture, collaborating across teams to deliver scalable infrastructure and performance optimizations.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of industry experience, including 3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience building high-performance distributed systems at large scale.
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of low-level operating system foundations (Linux kernel, file systems, containers).
• Proficient in systems-level languages such as Rust, C, C++, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Lead a group of engineers as an Engineering Manager with hands-on technical contribution and people management.
• Set direction, remove blockers, and foster a strong engineering culture.
• Tackle complex systems challenges in distributed computing, large-scale data handling, and performance optimization.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Linux kernel

Containers

Rust

C

C++

Java

Leadership

Technical depth

Job description

Modal is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of experienced engineers. This hands-on leadership role blends technical contribution with people management to drive high‑impact systems work in distributed computing and data handling.

You’ll help set direction, remove blockers, and foster a strong engineering culture, collaborating across teams to deliver scalable infrastructure and performance optimizations.