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Reddit, Inc. · 3 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, ML Search

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityLead/Staff
money$23K/yr - $322K/yr
date8+ years exp

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests and trust, serving millions of users. The Staff Software Engineer, ML Search will focus on building backend and pipeline systems to enhance search experiences for users, ensuring efficient data handling and model integration.

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Responsibilities

Own pipelines and DAGs that move data, features, embeddings, and models through the ML lifecycle
Design/maintain ranking and retrieval services that run models in real-time
Build scalable model-serving APIs, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and performance
Create reusable infrastructure that other MLEs depend on to train, deploy, and iterate on models
Ensure pipelines and systems support high scale, low latency, and operational excellence
Enable modeling with better systems, features, and deployment pathways

Qualification

Search systemsLarge-scale infrastructureObject-oriented programmingAPI designData stack developmentCross-functional collaboration

Required

8+ years of industry experience with a focus on search and recommendation systems
6+ years of experience in designing, building and iterating large-scale search relevance and infrastructure systems, handling end-to-end system development
Proven track record in delivering large and complex systems with big business impacts
Knowledge and experience working with search systems (e.g. Lucene, Solr, ElasticSearch, Opensearch etc.)
Demonstrated expertise at cross-functional collaboration - successfully shipped several large-scale projects with complex dependencies across teams
Proficient in object-oriented programming (Python, Golang)
Experience in API design and integration with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC
Experience of developing applications using large-scale data stack - e.g. Kubeflow, Airflow, BigQuery, Kafka, Kubernetes, Redis etc

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave

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

Reddit, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (63)
2023 (76)
2022 (70)
2021 (68)
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
CEO
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Chris Slowe
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