Senior Data Scientist, Consumer

<div class="content-intro"><div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"> <div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"> <div class="p-rich_text_block"> <div class="p-rich_text_section">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 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit <a class="c-link" href="http://redditinc.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://redditinc.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">redditinc.com</a>.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><p><strong>Location: US remote-friendly or any office location - SF, LA, CHI, NY</strong></p> <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Uplevel experimentation practices on the team through guiding design, execution, and deep dive analyses to maximize learnings from A/B tests</li> <li>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</li> <li>Design, evaluate, and/or measure team-level KPIs to enable quarterly goal setting and demonstrate team impact</li> <li>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</li> <li>Mentor more junior data scientists and business partners in data science best practices and methods to increase data literacy and improve decision making</li> </ul> <p><strong>Required Qualifications: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Relevant experiences in quantitative or data science roles, preferably for a consumer-facing service/app</li> <li>Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Machine Learning, Economics, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields (If M.S. or Bachelors degree, a minimum of 5+ years of industry data science experience required; If PhD degree, a minimum of 3+ years of industry data science experience required)</li> <li>Expertise in querying relational databases (SQL) and programming languages (e.g., R / Python)</li> <li>Deep understanding of online experimentation (A/B testing), causal inference, and statistical techniques</li> <li>Comfortable in innovative and fast-paced environments, and a bias toward action</li> <li>Strong technical communication / data storytelling skills and demonstrated ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences alike</li> <li>Able to tackle ambiguous and undefined problems by creating an action plan, getting feedback, and iterating</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Comprehensive Health benefits</li> <li>401k Matching</li> <li>Workspace benefits for your home office</li> <li>Personal & Professional development funds</li> <li>Family Planning Support</li> <li>Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Days Off</li> <li>4+ months paid Parental Leave</li> <li>Paid Volunteer time off</li> </ul> <p>#LI-Remote #LI-NH1 </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><strong>Pay Transparency:</strong></p> <p>This job posting may span more than one career level.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://www.redditinc.com/careers/" target="_blank">https://www.redditinc.com/careers/</a>.</p> <p>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.</p></div><div class="title">The base pay range for this position is:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$190,800</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$267,100 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p>In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, and transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our <a href="https://redditinc.com/policies/candidate-privacy-policy">Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors</a>.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.</span></em></p></div>

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