Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Content Understanding

Reddit, Inc.

Remote, US
Base: $230,000 - $322,000 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Remote
7+ years production ml experience
Nlp and language model expertise
Pytorch or tensorflow proficiency
Reddit is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead their Ads Content Understanding team, focusing on developing and maintaining machine learning systems for content understanding related to ads. The role involves both technical leadership and hands-on work, with a balance of mentoring and direct system development

Job Summary

  • The role involves leading the Commercial Content Understanding roadmap to power contextual and shopping ads across Reddit's platform.
  • Candidates must balance technical leadership and mentorship with hands-on work in modeling, pipelines, and debugging complex production systems.
  • The position offers comprehensive healthcare benefits, a 401k match, and generous paid parental leave.

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Reddit is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead their Ads Content Understanding team, focusing on developing and maintaining machine learning systems for content understanding related to ads. The role involves both technical leadership and hands-on work, with a balance of mentoring and direct system development.

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
  • NLP and language model expertise
  • PyTorch or TensorFlow proficiency
  • LLM distillation and prompt engineering
  • Scalable MLOps pipeline design
  • Technical leadership without direct reports

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with commercial intent modeling
  • Knowledge of IAB taxonomies
  • Stakeholder alignment in ambiguous spaces
  • Python and Go/Java/C++ skills
  • Bias and safety in AI systems

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years relevant MLE experience
  • Staff-level technical leadership demonstrated
  • Production NLP and content understanding models
  • Practical LLM usage in production environments

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