Member of Technical Staff - Python SDK - Modal

About Us:

Modal is building the serverless compute platform to support the next generation of AI companies. In order to deliver the developer experience we wanted, we went deep and built our own infrastructure—including our own custom file system, container runtime, scheduler, container image builder, and much more.

We're a small team based out of New York, Stockholm and San Francisco. In just one year, we've reached 8-figure revenue, tripled our headcount, scaled to support thousands of GPUs, and raised over $32M in funding.

Working at Modal means joining one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure organizations at an early stage, with many opportunities to grow within the company. 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 work in-person in our NYC or Stockholm office.

• Any of the following would be a plus:

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

  • Experience with Typescript, Go, or Rust