Remote Senior Staff Applied Scientist, Science Platform

Candidate; United States; Remote; USD 233,000 - 326,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote

Healthcare benefits

401K with employer match

Career development programs

Parental leave

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to lead the Data Science Platform team, shaping agentic analytics, causal inference, and forecasting strategies. The role involves turning research into robust software, and collaborating with engineers to deploy analytics agents across the company.

You will own the implementation of scientific methods in production software, mentor scientists, and communicate assumptions and uncertainty to business partners.

Qualifications

• PhD in Statistics, Economics, CS, Applied Mathematics, OR or related field; alternatively Master’s with comparable depth.
• 8+ years post-PhD (or 10+ with Master’s) in applied science, data science, or scientific software roles.
• Deep knowledge of statistical inference and econometrics; experience with causal methods on observational data.

Responsibilities

• Define the scientific roadmap for agentic analytics, causal inference and forecasting across Reddit.
• Move research into prototypes and production capabilities with practical value.
• Design and build analytics agent architecture and capabilities, including method selection and reproducibility.

Skills

Statistics

Causal inference

Time series

Python

Software engineering

Data science

Mentorship

Education

Doctorate in Statistics or related field

Master’s with depth of expertise

Tools

APIs

SQL

Git

Production systems

Job description

Reddit is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to lead the Data Science Platform team, shaping agentic analytics, causal inference, and forecasting strategies. The role involves turning research into robust software, and collaborating with engineers to deploy analytics agents across the company.

You will own the implementation of scientific methods in production software, mentor scientists, and communicate assumptions and uncertainty to business partners.