Operating Systems & KernelDatabases & StorageVirtualization & ContainersGraphics, GPU & ComputeLow-Latency & Performance

Member of Technical Staff - Systems

Modal · New York, San Francisco

Modal is hiring a Member of Technical Staff - Systems in New York. The role focuses on operating systems & kernel, databases & storage, virtualization & containers, graphics, gpu & compute, low-latency & performance.

Key responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Experience building high-performance distributed systems at a large scale (the more battle scars, the better).
  • Strong knowledge of low-level operating system foundations (Linux kernel, file systems, containers, etc.).

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