Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Measurement Modeling

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The Ads Measurement Modeling team is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and user-friendliness of our advertising platform. We specialize in privacy enhancing technologies, identity resolution, and modeled conversions. We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to use privacy enhancing technologies to improve our capabilities. As a diverse group of software engineers, product managers, and ads experts, we are excited for you to join our team!

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from concept, design, implementation, to rollout, ensuring the highest quality and performance.
• Identify opportunities to enhance ad measurement capabilities by diving deep into our platform and understanding the needs of our advertisers.
• Design and develop applied machine learning models for modeled conversions, identity matching, and privacy enhancing technologies, from ideation to production deployment.
• Collaborate with data scientists and backend software engineers.
• Mentor junior team members, share knowledge, and contribute to the technical growth of the team. Provide guidance on machine learning best practices and methodologies.
• Conduct A/B tests and experiments to iterate and fine-tune algorithms and models.
• Stay updated on state-of-the-art algorithmic techniques and recognize promising innovations, adapting them to Reddit's unique platform and community.
• Design, implement, and maintain reliable, high-performance distributed systems.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a relevant industry or academic background, preferably in a quantitative/modeling or highly scalable computing environment.
• Proven track record of delivering complex machine learning projects from conception to deployment, preferably in real-world applications.
• Ability to lead and mentor machine learning engineers or data scientists.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and stay updated with the latest advancements in machine learning and AI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of orchestrating complicated data pipelines and system engineering on large-scale dataset.
• Proficiency with programming languages and statistical analysis.
• Prior experience with Modeled Conversions or Ads Privacy is a big plus.
• Prior experience with Sequence Modeling, Reinforcement Learning, or Transformer Architecture is a big plus.
• Experience in Ads Privacy, Ads Measurement, and/or Ads Signals.
• Experience in Bayesian methodology and experimentation is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs.
• 401k Match.
• Family Planning Support.
• Gender-Affirming Care.
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits.
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off.
• Generous paid Parental Leave.
• Paid Volunteer time off.