--- title: Documentation Engineer at Modal in New York, NY description: Modal is hiring for the Documentation Engineer role in New York, NY. Pays $200K–$275K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/documentation-engineer-at-modal-01a0c5bc-5641-719c-9243-0a3e3ebd1489 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Modal as Documentation Engineer in New York, NY. Pays $200K–$275K per year. Full-time role. Requires 3+ years of experience. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/78j3kj.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Modal | | **Location** | New York, NY | | **Salary** | $200K/yr - $275K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 21, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** C · Some flags. Mostly fine, a few things to check. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Modal sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 15 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Modal. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $130,000 – $235,000 a year (median $165,000). ## 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 [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've passed $1B in annualized run rate, up 15x from a year ago. In October 2026 we raised a $750M Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B valuation. 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: Modal considers high-quality documentation to be essential for developer experience, and we see docs becoming even more important as agents increasingly deploy and operate Modal Apps. We are looking for a content-minded engineer who will partner with our product teams to curate Modal’s technical documentation and maintain a high quality bar across multiple dimensions. ## What You'll Work On: - Think holistically about content architecture and how the docs should evolve as Modal introduces new products and features - Innovate on novel documentation formats and delivery channels to optimize agent productivity, in collaboration with our Agent DX research team - Develop content standards, style guides, and automated enforcement mechanisms to ensure consistent style and high quality - Build and maintain automated pipelines that enforce the correctness of code examples and prose descriptions - Collaborate with engineers across the company to author documentation that is clear, consistent, and correct ## You May Be a Fit If: - You have 3+ years of experience in an engineering, product, or developer relations role, ideally in the devtools or infrastructure space - You’ve authored or edited high-quality technical content for developers - You’re knowledgeable about agentic engineering workflows and best practices - You’re comfortable with modern software development practices (version control, CI/CD, testing) ## Skills - Information Architecture - Browser Developer Tools - Mechanical Systems - Software Development - CI/CD - Software Versioning - Style Guides - AI Engineering - Version Control - Developer Relations ## Related - [Arts, Media & Entertainment jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/arts-media-and-entertainment?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Writing & Editing jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/arts-media-and-entertainment/writing-and-editing?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Technical Writer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/arts-media-and-entertainment/writing-and-editing/technical-writer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [New York](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 150114 jobs - [New York, NY](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 66067 jobs - [Software Development](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 14688 jobs ## Related pages - [New York](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 150114 jobs - [New York, NY](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 66067 jobs - [Software Development](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 14688 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)