Modal

AI Infrastructure

TalentCoordinator

$80–120k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Talent Coordinator at Modal. Skills: interview coordination, candidate communication, ATS management. Coordinate and schedule phone, video, and in-person interviews across multiple roles and time zones, often with complex calendars. Serve as a primary point of contact and host for candidates, ensuring they feel informed, supported, and well-prepared”

What You'll Achieve.

Champion a thoughtful, respectful, and high-quality candidate experience at every stage of the interview process; help shape how hiring actually works day-to-day; owning interview coordination, candidate communication, and the operational backbone that allows recruiters and hiring managers to do their best work; have meaningful input into how our hiring process evolves as we scale

Industry & Context.

AI Infrastructure
Problems you'll solve

resourceful by default - when something’s unclear, you figure it out; Spot friction or inefficiencies in the hiring process and proactively suggest improvements

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

operational discipline, resourceful, taking initiative, thoughtful about candidate experience, value timely, thoughtful follow-up, clarity and responsiveness matter to candidates, communicate with clarity and intention, reliable teammate, curious, reflective, looking for ways to improve how things run

What You'll Do.

Coordinate and schedule phone

and in-person interviews across multiple roles and time zones

often with complex calendars

Serve as a primary point of contact and host for candidates

ensuring they feel informed

Maintain accuracy and integrity in our ATS (Ashby)

and candidate tracking from first touch through offer

Ensure interviewers are well-prepared with the proper context

and logistics to run effective interviews

Spot friction or inefficiencies in the hiring process and proactively suggest improvements

Partner with the talent team on recruiting initiatives such as referrals

and process iteration

Bring an equity and fairness lens to hiring operations

supporting consistent

well-calibrated interview experiences

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work closely with the Head of Talent, recruiters, interviewers, and candidates; Partner with the talent team on recruiting initiatives

Communication Scope

communicate with clarity and intention; clarity and responsiveness matter to candidates

Full Job Description

ABOUT US: Modal provides the infrastructure foundation for AI teams. With instant GPU access, sub-second container startups, and native storage, Modal makes it simple to train models, run batch jobs, and serve low-latency inference. We have thousands of customers who rely on us for production AI workloads, including Lovable, Scale AI, Substack, and Suno. We're a fast-growing team based out of NYC, SF, and Stockholm. We've hit 9-figure ARR and recently raised a Series B https://modal.com/blog/announcing-our-series-b at a $1.1B valuation. Our investors include Lux Capital https://www.luxcapital.com/, Redpoint Ventures https://www.redpoint.com/, Amplify Partners https://www.amplifypartners.com/, and Elad Gil https://eladgil.com/. Working at Modal means joining one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure organizations at an early stage, with many opportunities to grow within the company. 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 builds infrastructure that lets engineers run AI workloads without the usual pain. To do this well, we need exceptional people - and a hiring experience that reflects the care and rigor we bring to everything else. As our first Talent Coordinator, you’ll be a foundational partner on the Talent team. You’ll help shape how hiring actually works day-to-day: owning interview coordination, candidate communication, and the operational backbone that allows recruiters and hiring managers to do their best work. This role carries real trust and visibility. You’ll work closely with the Head of Talent, recruiters, interviewers, and candidates, and you’ll have meaningful input into how our hiring process evolves as we scale. What you’ll do: - Champion a thoughtful, respectful, and high-quality candidate ex

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