Forward Deployed Engineer - ML is open at Modal in New York. The posting gives a salary of $180K - $250K. Posted on Feb 23, 2026, and still on Modal’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for Forward Deployed ML Engineers who want to work at the intersection of deep technical work and direct customer impact. As an ML FDE, you’ll partner with leading AI companies and foundation model labs to help them achieve state-of-the-art performance on their most demanding workloads: LLM serving, model training (SFT, RLHF), audio pipelines, scientific computing, and more. You’ll help teams reach…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Modal’s careers page.
Hiring at Modal
Modal has 43 open roles right now, 1 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Sales & Business Development and People & Recruiting. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $220K. See all its roles
