Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Who you are

• 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

What the job involves

• As a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance, you'll drive the development of GenAI-powered recommendations, leveraging Reddit’s unique community landscape, rich conversational data, and dynamic engagement patterns
• Your deep modeling expertise will directly shape the core architectures behind feed ranking, enabling breakthrough personalization for tens of millions of users
• 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

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