Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance

Reddit, Inc.

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer driving end-to-end systems for Reddit's personalization and ranking. Leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $266,000 - $372,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver on technical initiatives that have significant company-wide impact
Set technical direction for the broader Relevance and Feeds teams at Reddit, able to identify opportunities and influence strategy across multiple orgs
Work with management on goal setting, planning, and de-risking critical projects
Mentor and grow Senior and Staff engineers
Create a strong healthy engineering culture

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of industry experience building systems for relevance driven products
Subject matter expert in relevance, recommendation, and ML systems; able to solve complex problems in these domains that few others can
Deep understanding of how to build sustainable software systems at a large scale engineering organization
Experience in influencing organizations on technical direction/best practices
Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, business & data teams to deliver great experiences.
Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, reliability and quality. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people & machines interact with software at scale.
High empathy, excellent communication skills, and the ability to find compromise working across the entire engineering org

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningrelevance systemsrecommendation systemssoftware systemsscalable software architectureuser experience designusability testingreliability engineeringquality assurance

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationinfluencingcollaborationempathygoal settingplanningproblem solvingstrategic thinking