Member of Technical Staff - Python SDK

EuroPython; Town of Sweden (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Modal is hiring an experienced engineer to build developer tools and libraries used by a broad user base. The role emphasizes high-quality Python work, async features, and a strong product sense to maximize developer productivity.

You will engage directly with users to solve problems, participate in on-call rotations, and primarily work in NYC or Stockholm offices to collaborate closely with the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing high-quality Python libraries with broad user bases, including open-source experience.
• Strong knowledge of Python, esp. async features.
• Focus on developer ergonomics and productivity.
• Excellent communication and customer empathy, direct user interaction.
• Able to participate in on-call rotations and production incidents.
• Willingness to work in-person in NYC or Stockholm.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python libraries used by a broad user base.
• Design APIs and interfaces to enhance developer productivity.
• Collaborate with users to understand needs and resolve issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
• Liaise with product and engineering teams to improve tooling.

Skills

Python

Async programming

Developer tools

Product sense

Customer empathy

On-call readiness

Job description

AI needs a new infrastructure layer. We're building it at Modal.

Every era of computing brought new workloads that previous infrastructure couldn't support: mainframes, databases, and the cloud. Each time the company that rebuilt the layer underneath defined the decade. AI is no different, except it touches everything instead of one slice, and the window to build the layer underneath it is open right now.

Our customers include category-defining companies like Lovable, Ramp, Cognition, DoorDash, and Suno. They rely on Modal for instant GPU access, sub-second container starts, and native storage, so it's simple to serve low-latency inference, fine-tune models, and access production-ready sandboxes at scale.

We recently raised a $355M Series C at a $4.65B valuation, led by General Catalyst and Redpoint Ventures. We've crossed $300M+ ARR and grown fivefold since September. Our team includes creators of popular open-source projects (e.g.,Seaborn, Luigi), academic researchers, international olympiad medalists, and experienced engineering and product leaders with decades of experience.

The Role:

We’re looking for strong engineers with experience building developer tools that users love to work with. Our ideal candidate is someone with a demonstrated drive to build beautiful interfaces that enhance developer productivity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing high-quality Python libraries with broad user-bases, ideally including some experience maintaining open-source software.
• Knowledge of advanced Python features, especially async programming.
• A strong product sense that manifests as a focus on developer ergonomics and productivity.
• A high level of customer empathy, good communication skills, and an openness to working directly with our users to help solve their problems.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation and respond to production incidents.
• Ability to work in-person in our NYC or Stockholm office.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with modern data / ML / AI tools and workflows