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Staff Data Scientist, Safety Insights
Location
United States
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$217K - $303.9K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Data Scientist, Safety Insights
Reddit, Inc.
• 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.
Job Requirements
- 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
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