Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Ads Engagement Modeling

<div class="content-intro"><div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"> <div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"> <div class="p-rich_text_block"> <div class="p-rich_text_section">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 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit <a class="c-link" href="http://www.redditinc.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://redditinc.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">www.redditinc.com</a>.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><p><strong>Team overview:</strong></p> <p>The Engagement Modeling Team at Reddit focuses on building machine learning models to drive on-platform user engagement with diverse media and content, with a focus on predictive modeling to improve interactions of click-throughs and video view-throughs. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and scale Reddit’s Ads prediction models, in alignment with our product goals and driving SoTA modeling advancement.</p> <p>This role is well-suited for a leader with deep machine learning expertise, strategic vision, and a collaborative mindset to engage with both technical and cross-functional stakeholders.</p> <p>We’re a remote-friendly company, and this position is open to candidates anywhere in the U.S.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Set Technical Vision and Strategy:</strong> Define and execute a roadmap for engagement modeling, balancing innovative modeling approaches with business objectives.</li> <li><strong>Drive Technical Execution:</strong> Oversee the model development lifecycle from ideation to deployment, ensuring high standards of ML performance and robustness.</li> <li><strong>Lead and Mentor a High-Performing Team:</strong> Recruit, mentor, and retain top ML talent, fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and technical excellence.</li> <li><strong>Collaborate Cross-Functionally:</strong> Partner with PMs, data scientists, and other engineering teams to align on engagement strategies, data requirements, and mod