# Member of Technical Staff - Reliability Engineering

**Company:** [Modal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/modal)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $150k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Kubernetes, Auto Scaling, Fleet Management, Capacity Planning, Monitoring Systems
**Posted:** 2026-01-19

> Define and implement reliability systems for a growing AI cloud infrastructure platform, including architectural improvements, operational processes, monitoring, and incident response. Requires 5+ years production coding and 2+ years on-call experience with strong cloud skills.

## Job Description

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience writing high-quality production code.
- 2+ years of on-call experience for critical production services.
- Strong cloud skills, and deep familiarity with at least one hyperscaler cloud (AWS preferred).
- Familiarity with auto scaling, fleet management, and capacity planning at scale.
- Experience owning and scaling Kubernetes clusters to thousands of nodes a plus.
- Experience with systems safety research (e.g. STAMP) and control theory a plus.
- Ability to work in-person in our NYC, SF or Stockholm offices.

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