Reddit, Inc.Remote
Engineering Manager, Feed Relevance
United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
$230,000 - $322,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Machine LearningTransformer-based ArchitecturesSequence ModelsLarge Language ModelsRecommender SystemsCandidate RetrievalRankingValue ModelingEcosystem DynamicsMeasurement StrategiesStrategic ThinkingAIMLLeadershipTeam LeadershipCollaboration
About this role
Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests and authentic conversations. They are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead their Feed Recommendations and Feed Ranking teams, focusing on improving relevance and personalization for over 120 million daily users.
Responsibilities:
- Define Technical Vision & Strategy: Define the technical vision and long-term roadmap for Feed Relevance, aligning cutting-edge ML solutions with Reddit’s product and business objectives
- Team Leadership & Development: Coach and support the development of your team, constantly seeking opportunities to grow their skills and impact
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Work with cross-functional partners from across the company to identify key areas of opportunity, set expectations, and communicate your team’s work
- Technical Execution & Delivery: Oversee the design, development, and optimization of sophisticated relevance, discovery, and content distribution systems
- Platform & Infrastructure Collaboration: Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to chart a path to the next generation of AI-powered solutions for Reddit
- Operational Excellence: Maintain high standards for system performance, reliability, and efficiency in alignment with customer needs and responsible AI principles
- Recruiting & Growth: Partner with our incredible recruiting team to attract, interview, and hire diverse and talented machine learning engineers, growing a world-class team
Requirements:
- 2+ 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 that supports broader company objectives and addresses the needs of internal customers
- Passion for developing scalable, well-designed, and responsible AI solutions that drive business value
- Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical topics to diverse audiences and build strong relationships with cross-functional partners