Machine Learning Engineer

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Job Duties: Design, build, and deploy industrial-level machine learning models to solve critical problems in ad ranking, bidding, and optimization. Take full ownership of the ML lifecycle, from ideation and research to building scalable serving systems and maintaining models in production. Perform systematic feature engineering to transform raw, diverse data into high-quality features that drive model performance. Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to translate business challenges into effective ML solutions. Improve the reliability and stability of our ML systems by building robust monitoring, alerting, and automated retraining pipelines. Research new algorithms, stay up-todate with state-of-the-art ML techniques, and contribute to the team’s strategy and roadmap. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from Reddit offices in San Francisco, CA.

Requirements: Master’s degree, or its foreign degree equivalent, in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field.

Special Skill Requirements: (1) PII Data handling; (2) Kafka Infrastructure; (3) Data governance; (4) Batch data pipeline; (5) SLOs; (6) Graph service; (7) ML models; (8) XGboost; (9) LLM; (10) Google Cloud Platform. Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from Reddit offices in San Francisco, CA.

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

Submit a resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email at: applicationsreview@reddit.com at Req.# 1016.298.4.

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The base pay range for this position is: $216,700.00 - $303,400.00 USD

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