Staff Machine Learning Engineer, App Ads Modeling
Remote - United States · Staff+ · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$322kDetected 12 hours ago
Machine LearningDeep LearningTensorFlowPyTorchNLPA/B TestingProblem SolvingMentoring
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- Reddit is a community of communities. It's built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of
- the internet's largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.
Responsibilities
- Design and train advanced ML models (e.g., DNNs, transformers) to power Reddit Ads Ranking
- Develop and optimize features including embeddings, contextual signals, and cross-session behavior
- Work closely with product, infra, and data teams to drive end-to-end model deployment and performance analysis
- Family Planning Support
Requirements
- 7+ years of industry experience, including several years in applied ML roles
- Experience working with large-scale datasets and complex feature pipelines
- Knowledge about Recsys or Ads funnel
- Track record of delivering high-impact models in production settings
- Comfort collaborating with infra and data teams on feature serving and training pipelines
Nice to have
- Experience with conversion modeling, app ads, or performance/brand ads
- Experience in ads marketplaces at peer companies
- Publications, patents, or industry contributions in applied ML or ranking systems
- Reddit is a community of communities.
- It's built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
- Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about.
- With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet's largest sources of information.
- For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.
Compensation
- 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.
- To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.
- We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
- 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.
- Shape the long-term modeling vision across one or more domains (conversion, app ads, shopping, brand, etc.)
Company info
- We're looking for a Staff-level Machine Learning Engineer to join Reddit's Ads Ranking Org.
- This role is part of a broader effort to enhance Reddit's ML-powered ad ranking systems through improved model architectures, contextual embeddings, and conversion-optimized modeling.
Equal opportunity
- Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.
- If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.
Visa & Work Authorization
- You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.
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