Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Reddit
GenAI Platform
$292.5-409.5k
+ RSUs
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
Open for applications
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$292.5-409.5k
+ RSUs
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in ML Engineering, AI Platform Engineering, or Cloud AI Deployment roles
- Have a track record of leading technical strategy and delivering AI platforms in cloud-based production environments at scale
- Demonstrate strong execution by turning strategy into action, driving complex initiatives end to end, and consistently delivering high-quality platform outcomes
- Bring deep experience operating Kubernetes and other orchestration systems in large-scale production environments
- Deep experience with cloud-based technologies for supporting an ML platform, including tools like AWS, Google Cloud Storage, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and more
- Proficiency with the common programming languages and frameworks of ML, such as Go, Python, etc
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and developer experience. You are an undying advocate for platform users and have a deep intuition for the genAI product development lifecycle
- Strong knowledge of model serving, inference pipelines, monitoring, and observability for AI systems is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will help define and lead the vision for Reddit’s large-scale GenAI Platform, shaping the strategy, architecture, and operating model that enable teams across the company to build, deploy, and scale generative AI products with confidence
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the LLM Gateway, focusing on features like unified API endpoints for internal/externally hosted LLM, rate/token limit management, and intelligent failover mechanisms to boost uptime and reliability
- Lead and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Reddit’s large-scale GenAI Platform
- Define the platform architecture and operating model that enable teams to build, deploy, and scale GenAI products reliably
- Drive the strategy for a unified LAG Gateway supporting internally and externally hosted LLMs through consistent APIs and abstractions
- Set the direction for core platform capabilities such as rate and token limit management, intelligent failover, and production resilience
- Shape Reddit’s approach to an enterprise-grade RAG system
- Establish the strategic direction for agentic AI workflows and tool-use patterns across the platform
- Own the end-to-end platform strategy from concept through production adoption and long-term evolution
- Drive MLOps and LLMOps standards across CI/CD, testing, versioning, evaluation, and lifecycle management
- Define best practices for observability, monitoring, governance, and operational excellence across GenAI systems
- Partner across engineering, product, and leadership to align platform investments with company priorities and user needs
- Champion platform thinking with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and developer experience
- Influence technical direction across teams by turning emerging AI capabilities into a scalable platform strategy
Our take
Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 130,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment and sports, to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.
The platform attracts over 120 million daily users and billions of monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddit stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.
Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation, connection and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
- Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal & professional development funds
- Paid volunteer time off
- Workspace & home office benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Huffman
(CEO & Founder)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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