This role pays more than
79%
of similar roles. Most pay
$201,150–$254,800
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$260k
versus about
$228k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion platform where users share content, vote on posts, and engage in community conversations across thousands of interest-based forums called subreddits.
Reddit currently has
77 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$217,000–$303,400
across 77 roles with salary data.
Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Optimization joins the Ads Optimization team to build and evolve auction, bidding, and budgeting systems for the platform's revenue engine. You will design and implement optimization algorithms for auctions, bidding strategies, and pacing to balance advertiser performance with user experience and marketplace efficiency. Responsibilities include developing models to compute bids for various objectives like CPC or ROAS, managing budget pacing across campaigns, and translating complex marketplace goals into concrete technical constraints. The role requires proficiency in Python, Java, or Go, along with experience in scalable data processing using Spark, Kafka, Airflow, BigQuery, and Redis. Ideal candidates possess strong math and optimization skills to implement custom logic like gradient-based methods. This position addresses the core challenge of managing high-scale ad auctions and ensuring marketplace quality through sophisticated bidding and pacing systems.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $229700 from 72 postings across 27 companies.
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Python
Java
Spark
Hadoop
Optimization Algorithms
Design of Experiments
Statistics
Control Theory
Forecasting
Agile
Production Code