Senior Software Engineer, Reddit
GenAI Platform
$190.8-267.1k
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
Open for applications
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$190.8-267.1k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in ML Engineering, AI Platform Engineering, or Cloud AI Deployment roles
- Have experience operating orchestration systems such as Kubernetes at scale
- 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 ease of use. 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
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g. LangChain, Vertex AI Agent Builder, TensorFlow, PyTorch is a plus
What the job involves
- The Machine Learning Platform team at Reddit is a high-impact team that owns the infrastructure that powers recommendations, content discovery, user and content quantification, while directly impacting other teams such as Growth, Ads, Feeds, and Core Machine Learning teams
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the development of a large-scale GenAI Platform at Reddit
- You'll 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
- Designed and developed ML and Generative AI systems in cloud-based production environments at scale
- Build and manage enterprise-grade RAG applications using embeddings, vector search, and retrieval pipelines
- Implement and operationalize agentic AI workflows with tool use using frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph
- Drive adoption of MLOps / LLMOps practices, including CI/CD automation, versioning, testing, and lifecycle management
- Establish best practices for observability, monitoring, evaluation, and governance of GenAI pipelines in production
- Strong ownership mindset and platform thinking
- Ability to lead AI platform delivery from concept to production
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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