Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Reddit

• 5+ years of experience in a relevant industry or academic background, preferably in a quantitative/modeling or highly scalable computing environment
• Prior experience with personalized feed ranking
• Proven track record of delivering complex machine learning projects from conception to deployment, preferably in real-world applications
• Ability to lead and mentor machine learning engineers or data scientists
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and stay updated with the latest advancements in machine learning and AI

Desirable

• The Developer Platform team empowers developers to create engaging interactive experiences for Reddit communities, such as asynchronous or real-time multiplayer games, live stock tickers, and live scoreboards
• If you have a background in ranking and are excited about connecting Redditors with their next favorite game, this highly collaborative and impactful team wants your expertise!
• You will own projects from ideation to production instead of being stuck making small incremental gains on enterprise systems
• You’ll work with a super talented, cross-functional team to solve hard problems in order to create experiences that users will love
• Lead projects from concept, design, implementation, to rollout, ensuring the highest quality and performance
• Identify opportunities to enhance ranking capabilities by diving deep into our platform and understanding the needs of our customers
• Design and develop applied machine learning models for modeled personalization, game taxonomy, and more, from ideation to production deployment
• Collaborate with data scientists, product managers and backend software engineers
• Mentor junior team members, share knowledge, and contribute to the technical growth of the team. Provide guidance on machine learning best practices and methodologies
• Conduct A/B tests and experiments to iterate and fine-tune algorithms and models
• Stay updated on state-of-the-art algorithmic techniques and recognize promising innovations, adapting them to Reddit's unique platform and community
• Design, implement, and maintain reliable, high-performance distributed systems