Freelance Software Engineer Reddit Jobs in Virginia

The Machine Learning Platform team at Reddit is a high-impact team that owns the infrastructure that powers recommendations, content discovery, user and content quantification, while directly impacting other teams such as Growth, Ads, Feeds, and Core Machine Learning teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the development of a large-scale GenAI Platform at Reddit.

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the LLM Gateway, focusing on features like unified API endpoints for internal/externally hosted LLM, rate/token limit management, and intelligent failover mechanisms to boost uptime and reliability.
• Design and develop ML and Generative AI systems in cloud-based production environments at scale.
• Build and manage enterprise-grade RAG applications using embeddings, vector search, and retrieval pipelines.
• Implement and operationalize agentic AI workflows with tool use using frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph.
• Drive adoption of MLOps / LLMOps practices, including CI/CD automation, versioning, testing, and lifecycle management.
• Establish best practices for observability, monitoring, evaluation, and governance of GenAI pipelines in production.
• Strong ownership mindset and platform thinking.
• Ability to lead AI platform delivery from concept to production.

• 5+ years of experience in ML Engineering, AI Platform Engineering, or Cloud AI Deployment roles.
• Experience operating orchestration systems such as Kubernetes at scale.
• Deep experience with cloud-based technologies for supporting an ML platform, including tools like AWS, Google Cloud Storage, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and more.
• Proficiency with the common programming languages and frameworks of ML, such as Go, Python, etc.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and ease of use.
• Strong knowledge of model serving, inference pipelines, monitoring, and observability for AI systems is a plus.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g. LangChain, Vertex AI Agent Builder, TensorFlow, PyTorch).

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave

This job posting may span more than one career level.

The base salary range for this position is: USD 190,800 to 267,100.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.