What You'll Work OnYou'll lead ML projects from idea to production, partnering with Product, Data Science, and Engineering across recommendations, search, messaging, and AI systems.

You don't need experience in every area listed below. A background in a few may make you a great fit!

Recommendations, search, content understanding, or large-scale data and ML infrastructure
SOTA large scale RecSys
Foundational retriever models
RAG systems, retrieval methods, LLM evaluation, or production LLM features
Agentic AI, such as tool calls, MCPs, multi-agent systems, or orchestration
Self-hosted open-weight models such as Qwen or Llama; prompt engineering, fine-tuning, post-training, or prompt optimization
Improving grounding, instruction following, and hallucination; evaluating retrieval and generation quality
Scaling LLM systems, including latency, caching, and cost; safety measures for prompt injection and unsafe inputs
Defining product success metrics, feedback loops, and evaluation approaches, including human review

What You'll Do

Build and improve large-scale ML systems, including retrieval and ranking, embeddings, and LLM-powered features
Set technical direction and deliver measurable user and business impact
Work with partner teams to shape product and technical roadmaps
Evaluate new AI/ML approaches and support responsible LLM development
Mentor engineers and contribute to long-term ML planning

Required Qualifications

4-12 years of experience building, deploying, and operating ML systems in production
Broad knowledge of ML fundamentals and experience applying them in production; expert-level modeling depth isn't required
Experience developing and productionizing models with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face Transformers
Experience writing production-quality code, including testing, evaluation, and monitoring; Python experience required, Golang experience a plus
Experience with ML systems such as data pipelines, feature engineering, model training and serving, and production monitoring
Strong communication and collaboration skills, and a record of delivering measurable product impact

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

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In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

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The base salary range for this position is:

$216,700-$322,000 USD

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