[Hiring] Machine Learning Engineering Manager @Reddit

Role Description

The Core Ads Ranking team advances user representation and graph learning, improves sequence modeling across ads verticals, and builds robust pipelines and state‑of‑the‑art architectures for foundational models. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and scale Reddit’s foundational modeling and deep user‑understanding roadmap, while multiplying impact through close collaboration with downstream teams including Retrieval, Shopping, Click Prediction, Video View‑Through Prediction, Conversion Prediction, and App Ads Modeling.

• Set Technical Vision and Strategy:
  • Define and execute a roadmap for foundational model and user understanding, balancing high-ambiguity long-term investments with measurable milestones.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally:
  • Partner with vertical customer teams, horizontal signal teams, and infrastructure/platform teams to align on direction, strategy, priorities, and constraints.
• Drive Technical Execution:
  • Oversee the model development lifecycle from ideation to deployment, ensuring high standards of ML performance, reliability, and robustness.
• Lead and Mentor a High-Performing Team:
  • Recruit, mentor, and retain top ML talent while fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of management experience leading ML-focused teams
• 6+ years of experience building and scaling machine learning models, and working with state of the art machine learning models
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Proven ability in training, evaluating, and deploying large-scale models
• Experience working with foundational models, user or content understanding
• Experience with Ads is a plus

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