AI Engineer vertical · Brazil
Hire Modal engineers.From Brazil. In 48 hours.
Pre-vetted senior Modal engineers from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, Belo Horizonte. They've shipped GPU-backed Python jobs, inference, and async pipelines in production, not a weekend prototype. Brief in. Shortlist out. Hire when ready.
$55K–$95K base for senior · 20% one-time fee · 3-month free replacement
The pool you're hiring from
Where they are
São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, Belo Horizonte.
Pool depth
largest tech talent base in Latin America.
Timezone
1–2 hours ahead of EST, full overlap with US business hours.
How we vet on Modal
4% of applicants make it through. For Modal, the bar is higher.
What we evaluate
GPU containers, queues, dependent jobs, secret handling, cold-start tuning.
Representative live task
Deploy a GPU function with autoscaling and cold-start under 5 seconds.
Why now
$100K per H-1B.Or one Modal engineer in 48 hours.
The 2026 H-1B proclamation added a $100,000 supplemental fee and wage-weighted selection. Hiring Modal engineers from Brazil skips the visa, the lottery, and the six-month wait, and keeps your team on EST+1 to EST+2.
Questions
How fast can you find a senior Modal engineer in Brazil?
Submit a 5-minute brief. Within 48 hours you receive 3–5 Modal engineers from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, Belo Horizonte, each with a recorded live coding session, GitHub insights, and an async video intro. Most clients start interviews within 24 hours of the shortlist.
What does a Modal engineer from Brazil cost?
$55K–$95K base for senior. AI roles trend toward the upper end, with staff-level engineers reaching $120K. BeGlobal charges a one-time 20% placement fee on the engineer's first-year base, paid only when you hire. No retainer, no intake fee, no monthly subscription.
How do you vet Modal engineers specifically?
Every BeGlobal candidate passes a live on-camera coding session, an async technical assessment, an English evaluation, and a startup-culture screen. 4% of applicants make it through. For Modal, we additionally evaluate GPU containers, queues, dependent jobs, secret handling, cold-start tuning. A representative live task: Deploy a GPU function with autoscaling and cold-start under 5 seconds.
What about timezones with Brazil?
1–2 hours ahead of EST, full overlap with US business hours. Every engineer in the network is fluent enough to run a meeting in English on camera, and every interview is recorded on request.
What if the Modal engineer isn't a fit?
Two-week no-questions refund. After that, one free replacement inside the first three months. Zero ghosted contracts since founding.