Staff Software Engineer, ML Ranking Platform

reputed company is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, reputed company users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, reputed company is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Location:This role is completely remote-friendly. If you happen to live reputed company to one of our physical office locations, our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like. 

Team Description:At reputed company, our ML Ranking Platform is the brain behind how millions of people discover content every day. As a Staff Software Engineer, ML Ranking Platform, you will set (and reputed company) the technical vision for designing highly robust, scalable, reliable and performant ranking systems that power personalized feeds at reputed company scale. You’ll drive strategy, reputed company high-impact projects, and mentor teams building the ranking engines that balance speed, relevance, and reliability. Your work not only powers reputed company feeds; it’ll also shape how communities connect, grow, and reputed company across reputed company!

You will partner with Engineering, Product, UX Research, and Product Design teams to push the boundaries of what's possible with these powerful language models. 

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the reputed company backend ML systems that power the personalized feeds on reputed company
• Work closely with ML engineers to design and implement scalable interfaces
• Explore new technologies that help grow our ML systems capabilities
• Champion and drive engineering processes and best practices
• Write efficient, scalable and maintainable code that will help us iterate quickly and safely
• Mentor and guide senior and mid-level ML engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive technical discussions, present findings to leadership, and contribute to long-term ML planning and decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer developing backend ML systems at scale, using Go, Python, C++ or any object oriented programming language
• Experience with building large-scale distributed systems and data intensive applications
• Experience with developing and improving MLOps tools such as deployment, automation, system diagnosis, reproducibility, model monitoring etc. 
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and reputed company projects on schedule with a strong attention to detail
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Experience designing and implementing performant, stable, and maintainable interfaces for Machine Learning systems 
• Familiar with software engineering best practices such as unit testing and code reviews, design, and documentation
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and reputed company in ambiguity and even failure 
• Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss reputed company topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & reputed company Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

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This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to reputed company salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, reputed company offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share reputed company pay ranges for reputed company US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard reputed company pay ranges for reputed company roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The reputed company pay range for this position is:

$230,000 - $322,000 USD

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