Reddit

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Contextual Intelligence

United Kingdom

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
InternshipJob Type
UnknownVisa
Internet, Social Media, Advertising & MarketingIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote (Netherlands or United Kingdom)
  • Employment Type: Flexible First Workforce
  • Salary: Not specified

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests and trust. It’s home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet, with 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors. The Ads Contextual Intelligence (ACI) team focuses on automating content understanding at scale, providing signals to improve marketplace efficiency and generate business intelligence insights. This team aims to highlight Reddit’s curated content. The team is Machine Learning/Data heavy and focuses on:

  • Contextual Signals & Relevance: Classifying content into interpretable tags and embeddings.
  • Safety & Suitability: Detecting sensitive content for Brand Safety.
  • Knowledge Graph: Curation and utilization of Reddit's Knowledge database.
  • Marketplace Efficiency: Improving targeting, retrieval, ranking, and marketplace quality.
  • Business Intelligence Applications: Providing signals to advertisers for better brand understanding.

Responsibilities

  • Developing and iterating on NLP algorithms and models for advertising use cases (NER, text classification, text embedding models, etc.).
  • Building data processing pipelines & APIs to make signals and annotations available.
  • Hands-on help and consulting for in-house classification capabilities.

Requirements

  • Not specified

Application Instructions

  • Not specified

Company Information

Reddit, Inc. (redditinc.com)

Skills

NLP
Text Classification
Text Embedding
Data Pipelines
APIs
Content Understanding
Knowledge Graph
Machine Learning
Data Processing

Reddit

Online platform for community discussions and content

About Reddit

Reddit is an online platform that allows users to post, vote, and comment on content within various communities based on shared interests. Users can engage in discussions on a wide range of topics, from news and sports to entertainment and hobbies. The platform features a unique voting system where content can receive upvotes or downvotes, helping the most popular posts gain visibility. Reddit generates revenue primarily through advertising, premium memberships, and the sale of virtual goods like Reddit Coins. Unlike many other social media platforms, Reddit emphasizes community-driven content and discussions, creating a space for authentic interactions among users. The goal of Reddit is to foster engagement and connection among its diverse user base.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2005Year Founded
$1,177.1MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, EntertainmentIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible unlimited vacation days & monthly global wellness days
Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
Personal & professional development funds
Paid volunteer time off
Workspace & home office benefits

Risks

Reliance on advertising revenue faces competition from platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
AI tools like 'Reddit Answers' may raise privacy and data usage concerns.
NFT market expansion exposes Reddit to volatility and regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

Reddit's unique voting system promotes engaging and authentic content discovery.
The platform's diverse communities cater to a wide range of interests and discussions.
Reddit's AI-powered tools enhance user experience and content moderation.

Upsides

Reddit's confidential IPO plans signal potential growth and market expansion.
AI-driven content moderation can improve user safety and platform reliability.
Expansion into blockchain and NFTs opens new revenue streams and user engagement.

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