Remote Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Ads Engagement Modeling

Job Type

Volunteer

Remote

Hybrid

Team Overview

The Engagement Modeling Team at Reddit focuses on building machine learning models to drive on-platform user engagement with diverse media and content, with a focus on predictive modeling to improve interactions of click-throughs and video view-throughs. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and scale Reddit's Ads prediction models, in alignment with our product goals and driving SoTA modeling advancement.

This role is well-suited for a leader with deep machine learning expertise, strategic vision, and a collaborative mindset to engage with both technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

We're a remote-friendly company, and this position is open to candidates anywhere in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Set Technical Vision and Strategy: define and execute a roadmap for engagement modeling, balancing innovative modeling approaches with business objectives.
• Drive Technical Execution: oversee the model development lifecycle from ideation to deployment, ensuring high standards of ML performance and robustness.
• Lead and Mentor a High-Performing Team: recruit, mentor, and retain top ML talent, fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: partner with PMs, data scientists, and other engineering teams to align on engagement strategies, data requirements, and model KPIs.
• Innovate in ML Architecture: implement and optimize model architectures tailored to engagement prediction, leveraging deep learning and advanced ML techniques.

Candidate Profile

• People Management Experience: prior experience managing engineering teams with a strong emphasis on technical mentorship and team growth.
• Strategic Thinking: ability to plan and execute a long-term technical strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Technical Execution: proven ability to oversee the model development lifecycle from ideation to deployment.
• Collaboration: strong interpersonal skills to partner effectively with cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications

• At least 2+ years of experience building and managing high-performing machine learning teams, ideally in the Ads domain (will consider tech lead experience as well).
• Deep hands-on experience working with machine learning models and deploying them in large-scale production systems.
• Proven ability in training, evaluating, and deploying large-scale models.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Ability to develop and communicate a clear, compelling technical strategy.
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed, and responsible AI solutions.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Experience with Ads or Engagement Modeling is a plus.

Perks and Benefits

• 100% remote opportunity (with office locations in NY, SF, LA, and Chicago).
• Competitive salary and equity options.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision) and workplace perks.
• Generous 401k matching.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Paid parental leave (4+ months).
• Family planning support.
• Paid volunteer time off.

Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this position is: $230,000 - $322,000 USD.