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Reddit is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Manager - Ads Content Understanding

About the Role

Reddit is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Manager - Ads Content Understanding to lead a foundational team within Ads Monetization. You will be responsible for designing, building, and selecting techniques to deliver interpretable signals from Reddit content, managing a team across US and EU geographies.

What You'll Do

  • Coach, motivate, build, hire, and lead a world-class team of ML practitioners, experts, and engineers.
  • Lead, coordinate, and execute a coherent vision for a robust roadmap of Commercial Content Understanding capabilities.
  • Set and support a culture of data-informed decision making, with efficient processes and strong transparency.
  • Facilitate collaboration between different Content Understanding platforms across Reddit with an eye towards platform and signal consolidations.
  • Raise the bar across modeling and exploration phases in the Content Understanding space.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team leads to understand business requirements and translate them into technical directions.

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years of industry experience as a SWE, DSM, or MLE.
  • 6+ years managing engineers.
  • 2+ years managing MLEs.
  • Experience with at least two general programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, C++.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to work effectively with product managers, data scientists, and other stakeholders.

Nice to Have

  • Experience managing ML heavy engineering teams.
  • Experience with Ads.
  • Experience with Natural Language Understanding (ML science and infra).
  • Industry relevant scientific contribution in the field of NLP and Content Understanding.
  • Experience with LLM in the context of multimodal Content Understanding.

Technical Stack

  • Languages: Python, Go, Java, C++
  • Streaming & Data: Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service, Apache Spark, Apache Flink
  • Databases: Redis, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra
  • Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Mesos
  • ML Tools: MLflow, Tensorflow, Kubeflow

Team & Environment

You will lead the Ads Content Understanding team, which is composed of MLEs, SWEs, and Data experts across US and EU geographies.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Comprehensive Health benefits
  • Registered Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions
  • Income Replacement Programs
  • Family Planning Support
  • Gender-Affirming Care
  • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
  • Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off

Work Mode

This position is remote-friendly and open to candidates located in Remote - Ontario, Canada.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.

Required Skills
PythonGoJavaC++KafkaAmazon Simple Queue ServiceApache SparkApache FlinkRedisDynamoDBMachine LearningAds SystemsContent UnderstandingLarge-Scale SystemsTeam Leadership
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