Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Retrieval (Fully Remote)

Reddit; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Income replacement

Parental leave

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a senior machine learning leader to shape the design and evolution of retrieval models and the practices that guide them. You will stay closely connected to data and objective design through model development and launch, while mentoring ML engineers and expanding the team’s expertise in retrieval and recommendations.

Responsibilities include defining the technical direction and multi-year roadmap for ads retrieval modeling, designing and launching candidate-generation and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience with applied ML products.
• Deep experience with information retrieval, candidate generation, and recommender systems.
• Strong command of experimental design and model evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Define technical direction and multi-year roadmap for ads retrieval modeling.
• Design, develop, and launch candidate-generation and retrieval models.
• Establish strong evaluation practices connecting retrieval metrics to ads and user outcomes.

Skills

Information retrieval

Candidate generation

Recommender systems

Experimental design

Model evaluation

Job description

• Lead the design and evolution of retrieval models and modeling practices.
• Stay close to technical details from data and objective design through model development and launch.
• Mentor ML engineers and help grow the team’s expertise in retrieval and recommendation.

Responsibilities:

• Define technical direction and multi-year roadmap for ads retrieval modeling.
• Design, develop, and launch candidate-generation and retrieval models.
• Establish strong evaluation practices connecting retrieval metrics to ads and user outcomes.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of industry experience with applied ML products.
• Deep experience with information retrieval, candidate generation, and recommender systems.
• Strong command of experimental design and model evaluation.
• 100% remote opportunity with flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
• Generous paid parental leave and family planning support.

Reddit

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.