Staff Data Scientist, Reddit

Consumer

$217-303.9k

+ equity in the form of restricted stock units

SQL

Python

Mid, Senior and Expert level

Chicago

Los Angeles

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

More information about location

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

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Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Be an early applicant

$217-303.9k

+ equity in the form of restricted stock units

SQL

Python

Mid, Senior and Expert level

Chicago

Los Angeles

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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 6+ years of industry data science experience required; If PhD degree, a minimum of 4+ years of industry data science experience required)
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

What the job involves

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
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

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

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

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 HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Steve Huffman

(CEO)

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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