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$217,000 – $303,000
Listed on Reddit’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This role leads the technical vision for Reddit's user onboarding systems, architecting the backend infrastructure that captures new user signals and personalizes their first experience on the platform. It suits a senior engineer who combines strong systems thinking with growth mindset, comfortable balancing rapid experimentation with engineering rigor while mentoring a team building ML-powered user acquisition systems.
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What they ask for
Required
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience
- Experience architecting and scaling ML-powered recommendation or personalization systems
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives that drive business outcomes
- Ability to balance rapid prototyping and experimentation with code quality and system reliability
- Strong data literacy and familiarity with experimentation frameworks and metrics
Nice to have
- Experience working on ranking and recommendation algorithms
- Familiarity with Two-Tower model architectures and similar retrieval systems
- Track record mentoring senior engineers and building engineering culture
- Experience on growth-focused teams operating in ambiguous environments
- Background with Reddit's specific tech stack or similar distributed systems