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

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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

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

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To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay 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 Pay Range For This Position Is

$217,000

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$303,900 USD

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