Staff Data Scientist, Consumer

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion,

and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the

internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they

care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million

daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of

information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com

[http://www.redditinc.com/].

Location: US remote-friendly or any office location - SF, LA, CHI, NY

Reddit is poised to rapidly innovate and grow like no other time in its history.

This is a unique opportunity to leave your mark on one of the most influential

and trafficked corners of the internet.

Consumer data science plays a key role in fulfilling Reddit’s mission of

bringing community & belonging to the world through deep understanding of how we

can better connect people to the best information and communities for them - the

heart of Reddit’s product - from crypto to support groups, gaming to AMAs,

travel tips to memes.

As a Staff Data Scientist on the team, you will play an influential role in

guiding product strategy through proactively identifying opportunities,

conducting exploratory analyses and sharing insights, and driving learning

through experimentation.

Responsibilities

• * Help build the long term product strategy by identifying opportunities to
• attract new users, increase engagement, and drive retention
• * Influence strategic roadmaps through data-driven insights into user behaviors
• and needs
• * Design metrics that help evaluate the health of the business and the success
• of our products, including any ETL development needed for consistent and
• robust analysis
• * Drive experimentation from design through execution and analysis to maximize
• learnings and guide future investment decisions
• * Build self-serve tools for product and engineering partners that answer
• common questions and/or increase data literacy in the organization
• * Work cross functionally with product, engineering, and design teams to ensure
• insights make it to the product
• * Scale your work to other parts of the data organization through mentoring
• more junior data scientists, improving processes, and providing perspective
• on the most important problems
• Required

Qualifications

• * Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics,
• Economics, or Operations Research
• * For M.S. holders: 10+ years of industry experience in applied science or data
• science roles
• * For Ph.D. holders: 6+ years of industry experience in applied science or data
• science roles
• * Expert knowledge of SQL and relational databases
• * Familiarity with statistical analysis and the preferred programming languages
• of the team (R / Python)
• * Demonstrated ability to influence and guide product strategy with data
• * Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous problems and solve them in a
• structured, hypothesis-driven, data-supported way
• * Familiarity with causal inference techniques and causal models
• * Excellent communication and experience working with senior leaders /
• stakeholders
• * Entrepreneurial, self-directed, and enthusiastic about solving problems
• * Demonstrated ability to mentor other data scientists and share best practices
• to elevate the data science practice at Reddit
• * Conform in innovative and fast-paced environments, and have a bias toward
• action.
• * Can discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

* 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

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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/ [https://www.redditinc.com/careers/].

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for

all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges

for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked

against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by

multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant

licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base salary range for this position is:

$217,000—$303,900 USD

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building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit

is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals

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