Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Content Understanding

Reddit

Remote, US
Base: $230,000 - $322,000 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Fully remote
7+ years production ml experience
Staff-level technical leadership
Nlp and language model expertise
Reddit is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for its Ads Content Understanding team, focusing on developing content understanding capabilities for commercial conversations. The ideal candidate will lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and work on large-scale production ML systems

Job Summary

  • The role involves leading the Commercial Content Understanding roadmap to drive signals for Reddit's ads platform, covering topics like brand safety, sentiment, and product entities.
  • Candidates must balance 50% technical leadership on architecture and standards with 50% hands-on work in modeling, pipeline development, and debugging complex production systems.
  • The position offers comprehensive benefits including healthcare, 401k matching, gender-affirming care, and generous paid parental leave.

Matching Summary

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Reddit is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for its Ads Content Understanding team, focusing on developing content understanding capabilities for commercial conversations. The ideal candidate will lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and work on large-scale production ML systems.

Salary

Base: $230,000 - $322,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for restricted stock units; Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare, 401k match, paid time off

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years production ML experience
  • Staff-level technical leadership
  • NLP and language model expertise
  • PyTorch or TensorFlow proficiency
  • LLM distillation and prompt engineering
  • Scalable MLOps pipeline design

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with commercial intent modeling
  • Strong cross-team communication skills
  • Knowledge of IAB taxonomies
  • Background in ads monetization
  • Familiarity with responsible AI practices

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years relevant MLE experience
  • Proven Staff-level technical leadership
  • Production NLP/LLM model deployment track record
  • Deep Python and PyTorch/TensorFlow skills

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