Staff Threat Analyst, Ads Fraud

Reddit; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a Staff Threat Analyst to own advertiser fraud strategy and enforcement within Safety. This remote-friendly role within the United States offers end-to-end ownership of detection playbooks and enforcement pipelines, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to translate insights into scalable defenses.

You will architect multi-quarter strategies, conduct deep analytics on fraud networks, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-precision

Qualifications

• 7+ years in threat intelligence or safety investigations.
• Proven ability to build threat response frameworks in ambiguous environments.
• Strong SQL, Python or R skills and big data experience.

Responsibilities

• Strategy System Architecture: Formulate and execute a multi-quarter vision for advertiser fraud detection and enforcement; independently prioritize high-impact risks like ATO, payment/billing fraud, cloaking, deceptive ads and network abuse.
• Deep Analytics Investigations: Conduct deep-dive investigations into complex, multi-entity fraud networks and sophisticated adversarial tactics. Drive root-cause analysis and map cluster infrastructure to prevent recurring abuse.
• Product/XFN Delivery: Partner with Data Science and Engineering to translate findings into high-precision detection logic, risk scores, and automated enforcement pipelines. Serve as Safety SME interfacing with Ads Product, Ads Engineering, and Policy teams.
• Playbook Methodology Development: Design, document, and standardize operational playbooks, escalation frameworks, QA standards, and feedback loops for all investigative and enforcement pathways.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Ad tech safety

Ambiguity handling

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Python

R

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.

Reddit is continuing to grow our teams with the best talent. This role is completely remote friendly within the United States. If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations (San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City Chicago) our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like.

As Reddit’s advertising ecosystem rapidly expands, protecting our platform, advertisers, and users from bad actors is paramount. We are seeking a Staff Threat Analyst to serve as the operational architect for Advertiser Fraud within Safety. You will have end-to-end ownership to establish the strategy, build foundational detection playbooks, and define enforcement frameworks.

You will work in tight partnership with cross-functional Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Ops teams across both Safety and Ads orgs to convert adversarial insights into scalable automated defenses. This is a 0-to-1 opportunity to shape our threat response frameworks, operational playbooks, and detection pipelines from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Strategy System Architecture: Formulate and execute a multi-quarter vision for advertiser fraud detection and enforcement; independently prioritize high-impact risks like account takeover (ATO), payment/billing fraud, cloaking, deceptive ads and network abuse.
• Deep Analytics Investigations: Conduct deep-dive investigations into complex, multi-entity fraud networks and sophisticated adversarial tactics. Drive root-cause analysis and map cluster infrastructure to prevent recurring abuse.
• Product/XFN Delivery: Partner directly with Data Science and Engineering to translate investigative findings into high-precision detection logic, risk scores, and automated enforcement pipelines. Serve as the primary Safety SME interfacing with Ads Product, Ads Engineering, and Policy teams to align on shared risks. Synthesize complex adversarial dynamics into strategic guidance for senior leadership.
• Playbook Methodology Development: Design, document, and standardize operational playbooks, escalation frameworks, QA standards, and feedback loops for all investigative and enforcement pathways.

Qualifications Experience

• 7+ years of experience in threat intelligence, ad tech safety, trust safety investigations, or platform integrity (focused on ad fraud, financial crime, ATO, or spam abuse).
• Demonstrated 0-to-1 track record of operating in ambiguous environments to build threat response frameworks.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python or R, and big data environments to in