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.
