Staff Software Engineer, Reddit

AI Serving Infrastructure

$230-322k

+ Restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

GraphQL

Scala

Kafka

Redis

Cassandra

Flink

BigQuery

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

Job no longer available

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Job no longer available

$230-322k

+ Restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

GraphQL

Scala

Kafka

Redis

Cassandra

Flink

BigQuery

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of work experience in a production software development environment
Experience working on large-scale ML Systems
Experience building production-quality code incorporating testing, evaluation, and monitoring using object-oriented programming, including experience in golang, Python and Scala
Experience with Kubernetes
Knowledge of maintaining or developing applications using large-scale data stack, e.g, BigQuery, GraphQL, Kafka, Flink, Cassandra, Redis, Search Databases
Comfortable with distributed systems, big data (Petabyte scale) and data-intensive systems
Strong organizational & communication skills

What the job involves

This role is completely remote-friendly. If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations, our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like
We collaborate closely with machine learning engineers to support a diverse range of models and partner with training and feature teams to deliver a seamless train-to-serve experience for efficient and reliable model deployment
As a Staff ML Infrastructure Engineer, AI Serving, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure and platform that powers our search capabilities
You will collaborate with Backend Architects and Product ML teams to shape the roadmap for ML infrastructure and platforms, while providing ongoing support to scale the platform and meet evolving needs for state-of-the-art models
You will build systems and tools that enable machine learning engineers (MLEs) and data scientists (DSs) and continuously improve the ML software development lifecycle, enabling the continuous iteration and improvement of systems that use ML techniques, including Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Recommendation Systems, Representation Learning, and Computer Vision
Lead the building, testing, and maintenance of ML infrastructure at Reddit
Propose, design, and implement high-performance ML Infra solutions that significantly advance the deployment of models that serve millions of redditors a seamless experience for MLEs
Design and implement solutions that significantly advance the ML Infrastructure
Collaborate closely with XFN partner teams/internal customers
Work with management on team goal setting, planning, and de-risk project execution
Mentor other team members in adopting a rigorous DevOps approach to maintain and/or improve ML infra components and services health and quality

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

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

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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