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Principal Data Scientist, User Ecosystem

Reddit · Remote - United States · Remote

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About Reddit

Backed by 500 Global.

About the role

This role will define the measurement, modeling, and experimentation strategy for major Consumer questions: how users discover value, form habits, and deepen engagement; how we understand and serve user intent; how content and communities evolve; and how our systems create durable value for users, contributors, communities, and Reddit. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Deep expertise in at least one relevant area, with the breadth and curiosity to work across adjacent domains
  • A deep understanding of how to model and optimize systems involving users, content, communities, and feedback loops
  • Ability to frame and lead the most ambiguous questions, identify the most important uncertainties, and develop a rigorous path from evidence to action
  • Exceptional technical judgment across model design, objective selection, validation, experimentation, and production tradeoffs
  • Experience working across Product, Engineering, Research, and other partner teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and explain technical ideas clearly
More about this role

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com .

Reddit is a complex consumer ecosystem where users, content, communities, and conversations interact over time. We are looking for a very senior data science thought leader to shape how Reddit understands and improves that ecosystem for the user / consumer flywheel.

This role will define the measurement, modeling, and experimentation strategy for major Consumer questions: how users discover value, form habits, and deepen engagement; how we understand and serve user intent; how content and communities evolve; and how our systems create durable value for users, contributors, communities, and Reddit.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in one or more areas of consumer science, such as:

  • Recommender systems and information...

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