Senior Machine Learning Manager, Video Ranking
Reddit- Base salary
- $266k–$372k Published base salary range · Top quartile for Engineering (782 listings)
- Location
- Remote - United States Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Senior
About the job
About Reddit
Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust. It hosts 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, making it one of the internet's largest sources of information.
Role Overview
We're looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Media Ranking teams. In this role, you'll lead a high-impact team of Machine Learning Engineers dedicated to improving relevance, personalization, and discovery of the core product. Reddit is investing in making media (video and audio) core components of the experience. Your work will directly shape the personalized experiences of over 120M+ daily users.
Responsibilities
- Define the technical vision and long-term roadmap for Feed Relevance, aligning cutting-edge ML solutions with Reddit's product and business objectives.
- Coach and support the development of your team, seeking opportunities to grow their skills and impact.
- Work with cross-functional partners to identify key areas of opportunity, set expectations, and communicate your team's work.
- Oversee the design, development, and optimization of sophisticated relevance, discovery, and content distribution systems.
- Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to chart a path to the next generation of AI-powered solutions.
- Maintain high standards for system performance, reliability, and efficiency in alignment with customer needs and responsible AI principles.
- Partner with recruiting to attract, interview, and hire diverse and talented machine learning engineers.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience building and managing high-performing ML teams.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale production ML systems, including transformer-based architectures, sequence models, or Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Strong understanding of recommender systems, including candidate retrieval, ranking, value modeling, ecosystem dynamics, and measurement strategies.
- Ability to develop and communicate a clear, compelling technical strategy.
- Passion for developing scalable, well-designed, and responsible AI solutions.
- Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative mindset.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary range: $266,000—$372,400 USD. Eligible for equity in the form of restricted stock units. Reddit offers comprehensive healthcare benefits, 401(k) with employer match, flexible vacation, paid parental leave, and more.
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