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Sr. Engineering Manager, Shopping Ads

Hands-on Engineering Manager leading a team of software and ML engineers building Shopping Ads targeting, retrieval, ranking, and engagement systems at Reddit. Requires 8+ years experience and strong technical depth in ads and ML systems.

293k – 410k/yr
Remote8+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead a high-performing team of software and machine learning engineers focused on Shopping Ads targeting, retrieval, ranking, and engagement models
  • Drive technical execution for Dynamic Product Ads and Product Listing Ads across ads targeting, candidate retrieval, ranking integrations, model features, and engagement optimization
  • Act as a hands-on technical leader by contributing to architecture reviews, technical design, debugging complex production issues, and guiding implementation decisions
  • Partner closely with ML Platform, Ads Serving, Product, Data Science, Measurement, and Infrastructure teams to define roadmaps and deliver advertiser impact
  • Improve scalability, latency, reliability, relevance, experimentation quality, and operational excellence across Shopping Ads systems
  • Drive simplification and platformization efforts that improve developer velocity and reduce operational complexity
  • Establish strong engineering practices around system design, experimentation, code quality, observability, and production ownership
  • Mentor and develop engineers and technical leads while fostering a culture of technical rigor, accountability, speed, and pragmatic execution
  • Identify architectural bottlenecks, technical debt, and scaling risks, and proactively drive solutions across organizational boundaries
  • Stay current with industry trends in commerce advertising, recommendation systems, retrieval and ranking architectures, and Shopping Ads optimization

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering or ML engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams
  • Strong hands-on technical depth in ads ranking, retrieval, targeting, recommendation systems, engagement modeling, or ML-driven optimization systems
  • Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or ML systems in production
  • Proven ability to operate as a technical lead manager (TLM), driving architecture and execution while managing and developing engineers
  • Experience partnering with Product, ML Platform, Ads Serving, Data Science, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex initiatives
  • Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance technical quality, execution speed, scalability, and operational reliability
  • Excellent debugging, prioritization, and execution skills in fast-moving production environments
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to align teams around technical strategy and business priorities
  • Familiarity with modern ads ecosystem trends, commerce advertising, and recommendation architectures is a plus

Perks and Benefits

  • 100% remote opportunity (we have 4 office locations for hybrid/onsite work preference in NY, SF, LA and Chicago)
  • Competitive salary and equity options
  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision) & workplace perks (home office set up stipend etc)
  • Generous 401k matching
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Paid parental leave (4+ months)
  • Family planning support
  • Paid volunteer time off

Skills

Ml SystemsAds RankingRetrieval SystemsTargeting SystemsRecommendation SystemsEngagement ModelingMl-Driven OptimizationLarge-Scale Distributed SystemsArchitecture ReviewsSystem Design
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