Senior Data Scientist - Consumer

Reddit; United States; Remote; USD 191,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k match

Global benefits

Family planning

Gender-affirming care

Mental health

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to partner with product, engineering, design, marketing, and business development to drive user and revenue growth. You will define product strategy through measurement, experimentation, and causal analyses, supporting decisions with deep data insights.

You will lead cross-functional stakeholders, mentor junior data scientists, and contribute to KPI design and quarterly goal setting in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or Operations Research.
• 5+ years of industry experience for MS holders; 4+ years for PhD holders in applied science or data science roles.
• Expertise in SQL and programming in R/Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop action-oriented insights to drive product strategy through observational causal analysis and experiment meta-analysis.
• Lead experimentation practices and guide design, execution, and deep dive analyses of A/B tests.
• Create ETLs, tables, dashboards, and self-serve tools for cross-functional partners to access data.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

A/B testing

Causal inference

Data storytelling

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative field

Ph.D. in a quantitative field

Job description

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 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

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

The Data Science Team at Reddit is growing and we are looking for experienced Data Scientists to partner with our cross-functional partners (Product, Engineering, Designer, Marketing, Business Development etc.) to help us build and improve the systems that continuously drive our user and revenue growth.

As a Senior Data Scientist on the team, you will have the opportunity to play a significant role in driving the success of key product areas at Reddit (Consumer, Ads, Safety etc.). You will lead and contribute to defining the product strategy through measurement and metrics design, experimentation and causal analyses, supporting product decisions via deep data analyses, and research.

This person will be an industry technical leader with a solid technical background, strong business acumen, and excellent cross-functional stakeholders management skills. You will go through a general Data Scientists hiring process and get matched to the product area that best fits your background and interest.

Responsibilities

• Develop action-oriented insights to drive the product strategy through observational causal analysis and experiment meta-analysis, and clearly communicate results to stakeholders up to the C-suite to take action based on the recommendations
• Uplevel experimentation practices on the team through guiding design, execution, and deep dive analyses to maximize learnings from A/B tests
• Create new ETLs, tables, dashboards, and other self-serve tools to enable other data scientists and cross-functional partners to find and interact with data seamlessly
• Design, evaluate, and/or measure team-level KPIs to enable quarterly goal setting and demonstrate team impact
• Regularly engage with stakeholders to gather feedback and share progress on work at all stages to ensure alignment between DS and other teams on business goals and outcomes
• Mentor more junior data scientists and business partners in data science best practices and methods to increase data literacy and improve decision making

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in a quantitative field such as: Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or Operations Research
• For M.S. holders: 5+ years of industry experience in applied science or data science roles
• For Ph.D. holders: 4+ years of industry experience in applied science or data science roles
• Expertise in querying relational databases (SQL) and programming languages (e.g., R / Python)
• Deep understanding of online experimentation (A/B testing), causal inference, and statistical techniques
• Comfortable in innovative and fast-paced environments, and a bias toward action
• Strong technical communication / data storytelling skills and demonstrated ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences alike
• Able to tackle ambiguous and undefined problems by creating an action plan, getting feedback, and iterating

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

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/.

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:

$190,800 — $267,100 USD

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