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Director of Machine Learning, Safety & Mods

Machine Learning EngineerMachine Learning EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2005H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

103 days ago

Salary

$265.8K - $365.1K / year

Postgraduate Degree10 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Set the vision and strategy for applying ML to Trust & Safety, ensuring scalable, proactive protection against evolving abuse patterns. • Lead and grow a high-performing Safety ML organization, including applied research, model development, productionization, and continuous improvement. • Develop and deploy cutting-edge Safety ML systems (including fine-tuned LLMs and transformer models) that outperform state-of-the-art solutions in quality, latency, and efficiency. • Partner with Trust & Safety, Product, Moderation, and AI/ML Platform teams to identify safety risks, emerging harm vectors, and ML opportunities that improve detection, enforcement, and user experience. • Drive successful experimentation, evaluation, and model lifecycle management, ensuring high precision, recall, explainability, and policy alignment. • Champion ethical and responsible AI practices in all Safety ML solutions. • Track performance through metrics, research-based iteration, and alignment with Reddit’s safety policies and regulatory standards. • Represent Safety ML leadership internally and externally — including conferences, publications, industry groups, and cross-company collaboration initiatives.

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Machine Learning, AI, or applied research, with a strong background in Trust & Safety, abuse prevention, detection, or content integrity.
  • 5+ years of experience leading multi-disciplinary ML teams (applied science, engineering, analytics) in a high-growth or high-impact environment.
  • Proven track record of shipping ML systems at scale in production, ideally including transformer-based models and LLM fine-tuning.
  • Depth in NLP, content understanding, detection systems, supervised and weak-supervision techniques.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with ability to influence executives and foster alignment across Safety, Product, and Engineering.
  • Thought leadership in responsible AI, safety ML research, or safety measurement frameworks.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset — experience founding or scaling a product or ML org.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) program with employer match
  • generous time off for vacation
  • parental leave

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