Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Enablement) (Fully Remote)

Reddit; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare & 401k

Flexible vacation & wellness days

Parental leave 4+ months

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a leader to own the vision for applied AI across its business and technical functions. You will set the technical direction and turn strategic ideas into scalable production capabilities.

You will build AI applications, agents and workflow automations, translating complex business problems into AI-native solutions while mentoring engineers and shaping architecture and engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software, including AI applications.
• Experience with MCP, APIs, and enterprise identity patterns.
• Strong production LLM experience with evals and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision for applied AI across Reddit's business and technical functions.
• Set technical direction and turn ideas into production capabilities.
• Build AI applications, agents, and workflow automations.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into AI-native workflows.
• Mentor engineers and establish architecture and engineering practices.

Skills

Software development

MCP & APIs

LLM production & monitoring

Job description

• Own the vision for applied AI across Reddit's business and technical functions.
• Set technical direction and turn ideas into production capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Build AI applications, agents, and workflow automations.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into AI-native workflows.
• Mentor engineers and establish architecture and engineering practices.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years building software, including AI applications or agents.
• Experience with MCP, APIs, and enterprise identity patterns.
• Strong production LLM experience with evals and monitoring.
• Comprehensive healthcare and 401k matching.
• Flexible vacation and wellness days.
• 4+ months paid parental leave.

Reddit

Reddit is a community of communities, hosting open and authentic conversations on the internet. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, it is one of the internet's largest sources of information.