Senior Threat Analyst, Reddit

• 5 or more years experience in spam-ops or relevant scaled abuse detection/mitigation areas of focus
• Strong understanding of spam tactics, including bot-driven engagement, SEO abuse, and account compromise
• Experience analyzing large datasets to uncover abuse patterns and trends
• Hands-on experience working with detection systems, including heuristics, rules-based, and ML-based approaches
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL

• We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Threat Analyst, Scaled Enforcement to join our team. This role will focus on detecting, analyzing, and mitigating sophisticated spam operations on our platform
• You will investigate emerging spam tactics, including account takeovers, SEO spam, bot networks, and monetization schemes. Your insights will directly inform enforcement strategies and help us build scalable defenses to protect our users and platform integrity
• Investigate and provide enforcement response for spam-related threats, including coordinated manipulation and bot-driven activity
• Analyze patterns and trends in spam operations, including SEO manipulation, account takeovers, and fraudulent engagement
• Work closely with data science and engineering teams to develop detection models to enhance automated enforcement
• Develop frameworks and playbooks for rapid response to emerging spam threats
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, content moderation, and policy, to drive proactive threat mitigation efforts

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

Total funding: $1.2bn

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.