Software Engineer, ML Ranking Platform

Reddit 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, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 82M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit 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 close 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:
Ranking is a core and growing part of Reddit, connecting users with the content they’re looking for is key to the future of Reddit. The ML Ranking Platform team builds and runs the services that coordinate contextualized and personalized ranking on Reddit. We build ML infrastructure, including a scatter-gather ranking coordination service and feature indexes. We work closely with a team of MLEs to develop and productionize new models and with a team of ML backend engineers that build inference and training services and feature stores. 

Role Description:
As a Software Engineer, ML Ranking Platform, you will build highly robust, scalable, reliable and performant ranking systems. Owning projects from ideation to production, you will work closely with Backend Architects, Product Managers, Machine Learning and domain experts to deliver best in class personalized ranking systems that will advance Reddit’s efforts to bring community and belonging to everyone on the planet.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement the next generation backend ranking systems that power the personalized feeds on Reddit
• Explore new technologies that help grow our personalized ranking capabilities
• Write efficient, scalable and maintainable code that will help us iterate quickly and safely

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer developing backend/ platforms at scale, using Go, Python, C++ or any object oriented programming language
• Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, GRPC and the ability to design maintainable APIs
• Experience designing and implementing performant, stable, and maintainable API interfaces
• 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 thrive in ambiguity and even failure 
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience

Benefits:

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

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Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base 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, Reddit 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 base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all 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 base pay range for this position is:$185,800—$260,100 USD

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com.