Role at a glance
- Salary
- $217K – $303.9K/yr
- Location
- Remote - US San Francisco, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Contract
- Education
- Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or Operations Research
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Role Summary
The Consumer Data Science team helps Reddit better connect people with information and communities through analysis of user behavior and product performance. This Staff Data Scientist role guides product strategy, experimentation, and investment decisions through data-driven insights.
What You'll Do
- Identify opportunities to attract new users, increase engagement, and drive retention
- Influence strategic roadmaps through insights into user behaviors and needs
- Design business and product health metrics, including required ETL development
- Drive experimentation from design through execution and analysis
- Build self-serve tools for product and engineering partners
- Work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and design teams and mentor junior data scientists
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Advanced degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or Operations Research; 10+ years of industry experience for M.S. holders or 6+ years for Ph.D. holders; expert SQL and relational database knowledge; statistical analysis; R or Python; causal inference techniques and causal models; product strategy influence; structured problem solving; communication with technical and non-technical audiences; mentoring data scientists.
Required
- Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or Operations Research
- 10+ years of industry experience in applied science or data science roles for M.S. holders
- 6+ years of industry experience in applied science or data science roles for Ph.D. holders
- Expert knowledge of SQL and relational databases
- Familiarity with statistical analysis and R or Python
- Familiarity with causal inference techniques and causal models
- Excellent communication
- Experience working with senior leaders / stakeholders
Original job description
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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
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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/.
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.
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Reddit is a social media platform that allows users to share content, engage in discussions, and participate in communities known as "subreddits," each focused on specific interests or topics. Founded in 2005, Reddit has grown into one of the largest online forums, fostering a diverse space for information exchange, news sharing, and entertainment. Its unique upvote and downvote system empowers users to curate content, while the platform's anonymity encourages open dialogue and creativity among a global audience. With a strong focus on user-generated content, Reddit continues to be a prominent destination for individuals seeking connection and community online.
Reddit is a social media platform that allows users to share content, engage in discussions, and participate in communities known as "subreddits," each focused on specific interests or topics. Founded in 2005, Reddit has grown into one of the largest online forums, fostering a diverse space for information exchange, news sharing, and entertainment. Its unique upvote and downvote system empowers users to curate content, while the platform's anonymity encourages open dialogue and creativity among a global audience. With a strong focus on user-generated content, Reddit continues to be a prominent destination for individuals seeking connection and community online.