Machine Learning Manager, Feed Relevance (Retrieval)
Core
Lead a high-impact team of Machine Learning Engineers building scalable retrieval systems that identify, retrieve, and shape candidate inventory for Reddit's personalized feeds.
Role type
Engineering Manager, Feed Retrieval (Recommender Systems)
Builds
Scalable ML retrieval systems powering personalized feeds for 120M+ daily users
Domain
Social Media / Recommender Systems / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Team leadership, technical vision & strategy, roadmap prioritization, system design & optimization, measurement & experimentation, cross-functional collaboration, recruiting
Preferred skills
Experience with embedding/indexing systems, transformer-based architectures, LLM-powered recommendations
Technologies
Large-scale production ML systems, recommender systems, retrieval models, embedding systems, sequence models, transformer architectures, LLMs
Responsibilities
Define technical vision and long-term roadmap for Feed Retrieval; Translate goals into focused team roadmaps with prioritization tradeoffs; Coach and develop ML engineers; Oversee design and optimization of retrieval systems; Establish measurement and experimentation practices; Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and product teams; Maintain operational excellence; Partner with recruiting to hire talent
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership
