Staff Data Scientist, Consumer

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