Senior Staff ML Infra Engineer, Ads Ranking

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We’re looking for a Senior Staff ML Infra Engineer to join Reddit’s Ads Ranking Org. This role is part of a broader effort to enhance Reddit’s ML-powered ad ranking systems through improved GPU-first training & serving, streaming/feature infra, and reliability/automation.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and significantly influence ML training/serving systems and tooling that unlock faster iteration and larger models.

• Drive adoption and reliability of ML systems and own a portfolio of initiatives across multiple teams.

• Improve efficiency: GPU utilization, training runtime, data loading, feature performance, and serving latency.

• Write high-quality design docs; run design reviews; set standards for correctness, reliability, and velocity.

• Partner cross-org on shared infra sequencing, requirements, and adoption.

• Mentor other engineers and contribute to engineering best practices across the org.

Required Qualifications:

• 9+ years industry experience in Software / ML Infra Engineering.

• Strong systems background: distributed systems, data pipelines, service design, performance tuning, and operational excellence.

• Demonstrated experience improving ML training/serving reliability at scale.

• Can reason deeply about infra tradeoffs that affect modeling velocity and product outcomes.

• Ability to lead through influence: drive adoption across teams and build durable interfaces/standards.

• Demonstrated impact: leading cross-team technical initiatives and influencing technical direction.

• Excellent communication: can explain tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Comfortable mentoring other engineers and raising engineering quality through reviews and technical guidance.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs

• 401k with Employer Match

• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support

• Family Planning Support

• Gender-Affirming Care

• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Generous Paid Parental Leave

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The base salary range for this position is:
$266,000—$372,400 USD

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