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Senior Data Scientist
San Francisco, CA
Actively hiring, first seen by us 2 days ago- Pay
USD 229,000–267,100/year · BaseAnnual period assumed. Location-specific pay — pay source
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What you’ll work on
Full postingRun observational causal analysis and experiment meta-analysis to guide product strategy
Guide A/B test design, execution and deep-dive analysis across the team
Build ETLs, tables and dashboards for self-serve data access
Design and measure team-level KPIs for quarterly goal setting
Mentor junior data scientists and business partners in data science methods
From the employer’s posting
Develop action-oriented insights to drive the product strategy through observational causal analysis and experiment meta analysis
Uplevel experimentation practices on the team through guiding design, execution, and deep dive analyses to maximize learnings from AB tests.
Create new ETLs, tables, dashboards, and other self-serve tools to enable other data scientists and cross-functional partners to find and interact with data seamlessly.
Design, evaluate, and/or measure team level KPIs to enable quarterly goal setting and demonstrate team impact.
Mentor more junior data scientists and business partners in data science best practices and methods
Benefits in the posting
Full benefits wording- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
- Pay Transparency:
- In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.
From the employer’s posting.
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 2 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Nov 5, 20262 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 3
- Last seen by us
- Nov 7, 2026
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How this job compares
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Day 2
Early. Similar jobs usually come down between day 7 and day 57.
At Reddit, jobs usually come down by about day 48.
From 10,552 similar postings that came down, and 33 of Reddit’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
Reddit is hiring
43 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Data Scientist hiring is steady
- Takes jobs down at a usual pace
- 2% of open jobs were reposted
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Where the posting names them
Requirements: Master’s degree, or its foreign degree equivalent, in Data Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field OR Bachelor’s degree, or its foreign degree equivalent, in Data Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field. Special Skill Requirements: (1) A/B Testing & Experimentation Design; (2) Causal Inference & Incrementality Measurement; (3) Statistical Modeling & Data Analysis; (4) ETL Development and maintenance; (5) KPI Design and Goal Setting; (6) Cross – Functional collaboration; (7) Data Visualization and Reporting; (8) Python and SQL; (9) Machine Learning and predictive modeling. Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Full-time telecommuting is an option. Benefits:
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About Reddit
- People
- About 2,555 in 2025, up 14% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
- Company
- Listed as RDDT.
Demand for Data Scientist roles
New Data Scientist postings at the employers we follow are down 3% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 before.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Scientist, by the work the posting describes.
Data scientists use statistics and models to answer harder questions, such as whether a change worked, what demand will look like next quarter, or which customers are likely to leave.
Postings usually ask for Python or R, SQL, statistics, experiment design and common machine learning methods.
Unlike an ML engineer, a data scientist's main output is often an analysis or a first model, not software running inside a product.
US government figures for data scientists
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $120,230
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 34.6% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-2051.
Job description
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.
Job Duties: Develop action-oriented insights to drive the product strategy through observational causal analysis and experiment meta analysis, and clearly communicate results to stakeholders up to the Csuite to take action based on the recommendations. Uplevel experimentation practices on the team through guiding design, execution, and deep dive analyses to maximize learnings from AB tests. Create new ETLs, tables, dashboards, and other self-serve tools to enable other data scientists and cross-functional partners to find and interact with data seamlessly. Design, evaluate, and/or measure team level KPIs to enable quarterly goal setting and demonstrate team impact. Regularly engage with stakeholders to gather feedback and share progress on work at all stages to ensure alignment between DS and other teams on business goals and outcomes. Mentor more junior data scientists and business partners in data science best practices and methods to increase data literacy and improve decision making. Full-time telecommuting is an option.
Requirements: Master’s degree, or its foreign degree equivalent, in Data Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field OR Bachelor’s degree, or its foreign degree equivalent, in Data Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field.
Special Skill Requirements: (1) A/B Testing & Experimentation Design; (2) Causal Inference & Incrementality Measurement; (3) Statistical Modeling & Data Analysis; (4) ETL Development and maintenance; (5) KPI Design and Goal Setting; (6) Cross – Functional collaboration; (7) Data Visualization and Reporting; (8) Python and SQL; (9) Machine Learning and predictive modeling. Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Full-time telecommuting is an option.
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
Submit a resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email at: applicationsreview@reddit.com at Req.# 1016.244.3.
Pay Transparency:
This job posting may span more than one career level.
In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies.
The base pay range for this position is: $229,000.00 - $267,100.00 USD
#LI-DNI
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- Pay
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. The base pay range for this position is: $229,000.00 - $267,100.00 USD #LI-DNI
- Location & working pattern
San Francisco, CA
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