Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems is open at Modal in New York. The posting gives a salary of $180K - $240K. Posted on Sep 23, 2025, and still on Modal’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for Forward Deployed Engineers on our engineering team who want to work at the intersection of deep infrastructure work and direct customer impact. As an FDE, you’ll partner with leading AI companies and foundation labs on cloud architecture, networking, storage, containerization, sandboxing, and more, helping them design and ship production infrastructure on Modal’s platform. The FDE team today…
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


