Senior Machine Learning Manager, Reddit

• 8+ years of industry experience as a SWE, DSM, or MLE
• 6+ years managing engineers
• 2+ years managing MLEs
• Experience with at least two general programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, C++
• Preferred experience in one or more of the following areas: Message Queuing Services (Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service), Data Processing Frameworks (Apache Spark, Apache Flink), Key Value Stores (Redis, DynamoDB), Document based DBs (MongoDB, Cassandra), Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos), ML Ops ((ML | Tensor | Kube)flow)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to work effectively with product managers, data scientists, and other stakeholders
• Experience managing ML heavy engineering teams

Desirable

• We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with industry-relevant ML expertise to lead the Ads Content Understanding team composed of MLEs, SWEs, and Data experts across US & EU geos
• Coach, Motivate, Build, Hire, and Lead a world-class team of ML practitioners, experts, and engineers
• Lead, coordinate, and execute a coherent vision for a robust roadmap of Commercial Content Understanding capabilities to unlock a fully context aware Ads Monetization system (Platform + Marketplace) and support with authentically unique Business Intelligence insights our Ads Sales and Marketing efforts
• Set and support a culture of data-informed decision making, with efficient processes and strong transparency
• Facilitate the collaboration between the different Content Understanding platforms in use across Reddit with an eye towards platform & signal consolidations
• Raise the bar across modeling & exploration phases in the Content Understanding space
• Collaborating with cross-functional team leads (EMs, PMs, DSs) to understand business requirements and translate them into technical directions