Systems Engineering Manager
Modal · On-site
MeritLog read this listing from Modal's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 11, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- On-site
- Salary
- $175K - $250K
- Location
- Stockholm
- Company website
- modal.com
Hiring context
How this role compares at Modal
Modal has 31 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 6 job families, and 15 of them are in engineering. 28 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 90%.
This role's posted range of $175K - $250K sits above 42% of the 26 other Modal roles quoted over the same currency and period.
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What the role asks for
What they're asking for
- At least 10 years of industry experience, including 3 years experience in a leadership roleExperience
- Experience building high-performance distributed systems at a large scaleSkill
- Strong background in cloud infrastructureSkill
- Strong knowledge of low-level operating system foundations (Linux kernel, file systems, containers, etc.)Skill
- Proficient in systems-level languages such as Rust, C, C++, or JavaSkill
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
Job description
ABOUT US: 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 https://modal.com/blog/lovable-case-study, Ramp https://modal.com/blog/how-ramp-built-a-full-context-background-coding-agent-on-modal, 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 https://modal.com/blog/modal-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 https://github.com/mwaskom/seaborn,Luigi https://github.com/spotify/luigi), academic researchers, international olympiad medalists, and experienced engineering and product leaders with decades of experience. THE ROLE: We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a group of highly experienced engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll spend roughly half your time on technical contribution and half on people management, depending on the need. You’ll work closely with the team to set direction, remove blockers, and foster a strong engineering culture as they tackle complex systems challenges in distributed computing, large-scale data handling, and performance optimization. WHO YOU ARE: We think you are an experienced engineering leader who thrives close to the work and enjoys building alongside their team when needed. You earn trust through technical depth, communicate with clarity, and help great engineers move fast and make sound decisions. You thrive in a fast paced environment, you are pragmatic, calm under pressure, and focused on impact. REQUIREMENTS: - At least 10 years of industry experience, including 3 years experience in a leadership role - Experience building high-performance distributed systems at a large scale - Strong background in cloud infrastructure - Strong knowledge of low-level operating system foundations (Linux kernel, file systems, containers, etc.) - Proficient in systems-level languages such as Rust, C, C++, or Java