Staff Data Engineer, Reddit

Ads

$206.7-289.4k

+ Equity

SQL
Python
Tableau
Looker
R
Scala
Airflow
Spark
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
Reddit

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

Open for applications

Reddit

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Open for applications

$206.7-289.4k

+ Equity

SQL
Python
Tableau
Looker
R
Scala
Airflow
Spark
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.

Role

Who you are

  • MS or PhD in a quantitative discipline: engineering, statistics, operations research, computer science, informatics, applied mathematics, economics, etc
  • 7+ years of experience working with large-scale ETL systems (implementation, strategy, and maintenance), building clean, maintainable, object-oriented code (Python preferred) in a production environment
  • Strong programming proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, Scala, etc
  • Experience with data modeling, ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Load) concepts, and patterns for efficient data governance. Experience with manipulating massive-scale structured and unstructured data
  • Experience with data workflows (such as Airflow), data modeling, front-end or back-end engineering
  • Experience in data visualization and dashboard design, including tools such as Looker, Tableau, R visualization packages, streamlit, D3, and other libraries, etc
  • Deep understanding of technical and functional designs for relational and MPP Databases
  • Proven track record of cross-functional execution and collaboration. Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels of the company
  • Experience in mentoring junior data scientists and analytics engineers
  • Self starter, ability to work independently and autonomously, as well as part of a team

Desirable

  • Ads domain experience, including metrics, tracking, and ads product understanding, is a big plus
  • Past experience collaborating closely with data scientists, machine learning engineers, and product managers

What the job involves

  • Act as the analytics engineering lead within Ads DS team and a key contributor to the success of data science data quality and automation initiatives
  • You will have a keen interest in the collection and quality of underlying data (experiment design and analysis, data deep dive) and in working on ETLs, reporting dashboards, and data aggregations needed for business tracking and/or ML model development
  • Develop and maintain robust data pipelines and workflows for data ingestion, processing, and transformation. Work closely with engineering to ensure the quality and reliability of these data pipelines
  • Create user-friendly tools and applications for internal use across Data Science and cross-functional teams, streamlining data analysis and reporting processes. Driver widespread adoption of these tools and applications
  • Lead transformational efforts to build a data-driven culture at Reddit by enabling data self-service
  • Provide technical guidance, mentorship, coaching and/or training to data analysts
  • Serve as a thought partner for data scientists, engineering managers, and leadership on data foundations, communicating and shaping the data foundations roadmap and strategy for Reddit

Our take

Reddit is a website that facilitates thousands of message board communities, known as subreddits, with an aim to promote authentic human connection. There are more than 100,000 communities on Reddit, covering everything, from food, entertainment, sports, and books, to more niche topics that cater for very specific audiences.

The simple platform is used by more than 52 million people a day and attracts over 50 billion monthly views. While these are impressive numbers, they do pale in comparison with social media giants Facebook and Twitter, however, Reddit distinguishes itself by providing easy-to-find communities for a truly endless range of topics.

Reddit makes money through advertising as well as offering a premium ad-free membership plan. The company has enjoyed continuous user & revenue growth, acquisitions by Conde Nast in 2006 and Advance in 2011, and plans to launch an IPO bid in 2024.

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Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

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

  • Paid volunteer time off
  • 4+ months paid parental leave
  • Personal and professional development stipend
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Make something people love
  • Evolve
  • Work hard
  • Default open

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.

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