# Systems Engineering Manager

**Company:** [Modal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/modal)
**Location:** Stockholm, Sweden
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $175k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Linux Kernel, File Systems, Containers, Rust, C, C++, Java, Performance Optimization
**Posted:** 2026-05-19

> Leads an experienced systems engineering team while contributing technically to distributed computing, cloud infrastructure, and performance optimization. The role requires 10+ years of industry experience, leadership experience, and strong systems-level expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Lead a group of highly experienced engineers.
- Spend roughly half of the time on technical contribution and half on people management, depending on team needs.
- Set technical direction, remove blockers, and foster a strong engineering culture.
- Guide work on distributed computing, large-scale data handling, and performance optimization.
- Build alongside the team when needed and help engineers move quickly and make sound decisions.

## Requirements

- At least 10 years of industry experience, including 3 years in a leadership role.
- Experience building high-performance distributed systems at large scale.
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of low-level operating system foundations, including the Linux kernel, file systems, and containers.
- Proficiency in systems-level languages such as Rust, C, C++, or Java.

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