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Reddit, Inc. · 2 months ago

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$266K/yr - $372K/yr
date10+ years exp

Reddit is a community of communities and one of the internet’s largest sources of information. They are seeking a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer for the Feed Relevance team, responsible for developing scalable personalization systems and influencing technical direction across teams. This role involves hands-on development, technical leadership, and collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance user experience for millions of users.

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Responsibilities

Deliver on technical initiatives that have significant company-wide impact
Set technical direction for the broader Relevance and Feeds teams at Reddit, able to identify opportunities and influence strategy across multiple orgs
Work with management on goal setting, planning, and de-risking critical projects
Mentor and grow Senior and Staff engineers
Create a strong healthy engineering culture

Qualification

Machine Learning systemsRelevanceRecommendationScalable software systemsCross-functional collaborationUser experience focusEmpathyCommunication

Required

10+ years of industry experience building systems for relevance driven products
Subject matter expert in relevance, recommendation, and ML systems; able to solve complex problems in these domains that few others can
Deep understanding of how to build sustainable software systems at a large scale engineering organization
Experience in influencing organizations on technical direction/best practices
Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, business & data teams to deliver great experiences
Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, reliability and quality. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people & machines interact with software at scale
High empathy, excellent communication skills, and the ability to find compromise working across the entire engineering org

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
401k Matching
Workspace benefits for your home office
Personal & Professional development funds
Family Planning Support
Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days
4+ months paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off

Company

Reddit, Inc.

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Reddit is the heart of the internet, where millions of people get together to talk about any topic imaginable.
dateFounded in 2005
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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https://www.redditinc.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (99)
2024 (63)
2023 (76)
2022 (70)
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2020 (39)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.33B
Key Investors
FidelityVy CapitalTencent
2024-03-21IPO
2021-08-12Series F· $410M
2021-02-08Series E· $367.95M

Leadership Team

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Steve Huffman
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Chris Slowe
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