Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The role of Senior Data Scientist involves developing and applying advanced data science models and methods to enhance the performance of Reddit's advertising platform. The position requires collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other data scientists to identify opportunities and build impactful solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills in data visualization, SQL, and Python, along with significant experience in data science. This is a remote position based in the USA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and apply data science solutions to improve advertiser experience and Reddit's ad platform performance.
- Create data assets (new tables, self-serve dashboards) to enable partners to answer their own data questions.
- Create reporting dashboards for product and engineering partners to understand topline metrics movements.
- Analyze large-scale datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights for advertising platform effectiveness.
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define product requirements and translate them into data science solutions.
- Uncover strategic insights and share them with stakeholders to shape future product directions.
- Develop machine learning models and data science methods for anomaly detection, prediction, and pattern recognition.
- Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders across the organization.
Key Skills:
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning algorithms, causal inference, and experimental design.
- Experience with large-scale data processing and analysis using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, or Hive; knowledge of BigQuery a plus.
- Experience with SQL and relational databases.
- Proficiency in Python or R and experience with machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
- Experience with online advertising and ad tech (bonus).
- Experience with causal inference and A/B testing (bonus).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Job Description
Remote
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Must Have
Advanced Data Visualization Techniques
Advanced SQL
Apache Airflow
Python
About the Role:
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Data Scientist to join our growing Ads Data Science team. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a key role in developing as well as applying cutting-edge DS models/methods to improve the adoption and performance of our advertising platform through data-driven insights. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and other data scientists to identify opportunities, define metrics, and build solutions that drive significant impact for Reddit.Main job duties include:
Design, develop, and apply DS solutions to inform improvements in advertiser experience as well as Reddit's ad platform & marketplace performance
Creating data assets (new tables, self-serve dashboards, etc.) to enable partners to answer their own data questions
Creating reporting dashboards for product and engineering partners to understand topline metrics movements and deep dive into specific areas of interest
Analyze large-scale datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can be used to improve the effectiveness of our advertising platform
Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define product requirements and translate them into data science solutions
Uncovering strategic insights and sharing them with stakeholders to shape future product directions
Develop ML models & DS methods to improve anomaly detection, prediction, & pattern recognition
Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders across the organization
Qualifications:
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field
5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related field
Strong understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning algorithms, causal inference and experimental design
Experience with large-scale data processing and analysis using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, or Hive; knowledge of BigQuery a plus
Experience with SQL and relational databases
Proficiency in Python or R and experience with machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
Bonus Points:
Experience with online advertising and ad tech
Experience with causal inference and A/B testing