Staff ML Engineer at Reddit building large-scale recommendation systems for notifications. Focus on ranking, retrieval, budget optimization, and LLM integration to deliver personalized content to millions of users.
The Notifications Relevance team at Reddit is building the next generation of notifications focused on delivering the right content to the right user at the right time using the right channel (push notification, email digest and in-app). We are the second largest growth lever at Reddit and a core component to understanding how to delight our current user base and bring new users to discover all that Reddit has to offer.
Reddit is home to some of the most valuable and engaging conversations on the internet. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on Notifications Relevance, you'll serve as a technical leader for one of Reddit's highest-leverage ML systems, helping millions of users discover relevant content, communities, and conversations every day. You'll drive the strategy, architecture, and execution of large-scale recommendation systems spanning targeting, budget optimization, retrieval, ranking, measurement, and emerging LLM-powered experiences. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of engagement and retention at Reddit while pushing the boundaries of personalization and machine learning at massive scale.
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