Senior Staff Data Scientist - Consumer Experimentation
Posted
$232,500 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority on experimentation methodology across Consumer, setting standards for design, analysis, and interpretation of experiments in a complex, networked environment.
- Tackle the hardest experimentation problems at Reddit, including spillover and network effects, interference between treatment and control, two-sided experimentation, and long-run effect estimation.
- Develop and advance methods for causal inference in settings where standard randomization assumptions are violated, such as cluster-randomized designs, switchback experiments, and synthetic control approaches.
- Design experimentation frameworks and guardrail metrics that account for ecosystem-level effects, ensuring product teams can measure true causal impact rather than biased local estimates.
- Mentor and elevate other data scientists across the organization on experimentation best practices, causal reasoning, and statistical rigor.
Benefits
- 401k
- Equity
- Health Insurance
- Learning Budget
- Parental Leave
- Remote Work
Culture
Mentorship ProgramFast-PacedInclusive HiringWork-Life Balance
Requirements
Required: Ph.D. in Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field with a strong focus on causal inference or experimentation methodology; or M.S. with equivalent depth of expertise
Regions: Us
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View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $232,500 USD
Equity: equity in the form of restricted stock units