Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Reddit
$230-322k
+ RSUs
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
Posted today
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
1001+ employees
Posted today
$230-322k
+ RSUs
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- Requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any field) or related quantitative discipline and (3) three years of experience in the job offered or related occupation
- Python, Java, and Scala
- C++, Go, or Rust
- Major machine learning frameworks and libraries
- Applied statistics, hypothesis testing and experiment design for online machine learning systems
- Large-scale data processing and analytics frameworks
- Deployment and operation of production systems in containerized and distributed environments
- Designing and training advanced models, including deep neural networks, transformer-based architectures, and reinforcement learning models
- Marketplace dynamics, such as real-time bidding (RTB) or pacing control systems
- Developing and optimizing online advertising systems, including ad ranking, targeting, and market place
- Providing technical leadership, mentorship, or guidance to other machine learning engineers. Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Full-time telecommuting is an option
What the job involves
- Design, develop, and train advanced machine learning models, including deep neural networks, transformer-based architectures, and reinforcement learning systems, to power large-scale online advertising ranking and optimization platforms
- Lead the development and optimization of complex feature representations, including high-dimensional embeddings, contextual and temporal signals, and cross-session user behavior modeling
- Drive end-to-end model lifecycle execution, including system architecture design, large-scale experimentation, model deployment, performance monitoring, and iterative infrastructure improvements in production environments
- Collaborate closely with product, data, and infrastructure engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable, statistically rigorous modeling solutions
- Conduct advanced experiment design and causal analysis to evaluate model impact and inform strategic decisions
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to machine learning engineers and contribute to organization-wide modeling standards, best practices, and long-term technical strategy
- Shape the long-term modeling vision across multiple advertising domains, including conversion optimization, application advertising, shopping, and brand advertising
- Full-time telecommuting is an option
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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