Staff Data Scientist, Reddit
Safety Insights
$217-303.9k
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Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Posted today
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Posted today
$217-303.9k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- Relevant experiences in Data Science, Applied Science, or Economist roles, preferably for safety, enforcement engineering, fraud etc
- Ph.D. or M.S. degree in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or other quantitative fields (If M.S., a minimum of 8+ years of industry data science experience required; If PhD degree, a minimum of 4+ years of industry data science experience required)
- Fluent with statistical analysis, programming languages (e.g., Python) and SQL
- Comfortable in innovative and fast-paced environments, and an innate ability to bias toward action
- Strong technical communication and demonstrated ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences alike
- Able to tackle ambiguously defined problems and deconstruct them into precisely scopable components that can be meaningfully addressed with data
What the job involves
- Reddit is poised to innovate and grow like never before, and user safety is a critical accelerant of that growth. The Safety org is Reddit’s central Trust & Safety organization whose mission is to protect good users from bad experiences by stopping harmful content and behaviors across the site
- We are looking for a Staff Data Scientist to join our Safety Insights Data Science team. In this role, you will partner closely with Safety Product, Engineering, and Machine Learning teams along with fellow Safety data scientists, to shape strategy, product development, define and evolve safety metrics, and drive analytics for some of the most important decisions in the Safety org
- You will lead efforts to shape the measurement strategy for user safety, establish frameworks to quantify and monitor safety experiences, and evaluate the impact of interventions designed to protect Reddit’s communities
- You will identify and prioritize opportunities for innovation, using rigorous analyses to size the potential impact of new initiatives and help the organization focus on the highest ROI areas to improve the safety experience at scale
- Your work will guide decision-making and shape the strategic direction of Reddit’s safety efforts, ensuring that user safety remains a cornerstone of Reddit’s growth
- The Safety org is one of Reddit’s largest divisions. Safety Insights works horizontally across it to provide scientific insight for product development, scaled abuse detection and mitigation, threat intelligence, and safety operations
- We think big to innovate, unravel hard problems that cut across safety domains, and guide product development to protect our users from bad experiences while supporting Reddit’s long-term health and growth
- Lead the measurement strategy for user safety by defining metrics, frameworks, and dashboards that quantify and monitor safety experiences across Reddit
- Use data and science-backed methods to inform the strategic direction of Safety product development and to rigorously assess the impact of product launches and policy or enforcement changes
- Design and execute experiments and quasi-experimental / inferential causal analyses (e.g., difference-in-differences, synthetic controls, matching) to estimate the impact and ROI of safety initiatives, and use these results for opportunity sizing and prioritization
- Own the design, development, and maintenance of scalable models and prototypes leveraging statistical, machine learning, or GenAI methodologies to improve Reddit safety
- Tactically support product development and go-to-market, from problem framing and exploratory analysis through to experimentation, launch evaluation, and post-launch monitoring
- Stay current on advances in ML, LLMs, and related methods, and evaluate where they can meaningfully improve abuse detection, risk identification, and enforcement workflows
- Translate complex analyses into clear narratives and recommendations for stakeholders, acting as a data storyteller who can influence decisions at all levels of the Safety and Moderation orgs
- Mentor and up-level junior Data Scientists and Analysts in technical approaches for detecting and mitigating abuse, fostering a culture of rigor and curiosity
Our take
Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 100,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment, and sports to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.
The platform attracts over 52M daily users and more than 50B monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddits stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.
Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation,m connection, and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
- Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal & professional development funds
- Paid volunteer time off
- Workspace & home office benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Huffman
(Co-Founder & CEO)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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