Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years focused on ML-driven systems at scale
• Demonstrated experience architecting and building identity graphs, device graphs, or similar identity matching solutions leveraging probabilistic techniques
• Strong knowledge of various identifiers (cookies, hashed emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, user agents) and their use in identity resolution
• Proficiency in machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and libraries for feature engineering, model training, and inference
• Solid understanding of large-scale data processing, distributed computing, and data infrastructure (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink)
• Proven technical leadership in cross-functional settings, driving architectural decisions and influencing stakeholders (product, data science, privacy, legal)
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and collaboration skills to align teams on a long-term vision for identity resolution

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical strategy and architecture for our company’s identity resolution system, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and compliance with privacy requirements
• Develop and refine ML models for probabilistic user matching using multiple identifiers (cookies, IP addresses, hashed emails, phone numbers, user agents)
• Oversee end-to-end ML workflows—from data ingestion and feature engineering to model training, evaluation, and deployment—optimizing for performance and cost
• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., product management, data science, platform engineering, privacy, legal) to define the roadmap and set long-term goals
• Establish engineering best practices, code quality standards, and data governance guidelines to ensure maintainability and trustworthiness of the identity graph
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing across the organization

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

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/

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The base pay range for this position is:

$266,000 - $372,400 USD

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