# Senior Staff Data Scientist - Consumer Relevance

**Company:** [Reddit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/reddit)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $233k – $326k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, R, Causal Inference, Experimentation, Recommendation Systems, Ranking Algorithms, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Data Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-06-01

> As a Senior Staff Data Scientist, you will be the go-to expert on relevance measurement and evaluation, partnering closely with Feeds and Search ML teams to tackle complex ranking, recommendation, and retrieval challenges across Consumer.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

* Serve as the technical authority on relevance metrics and evaluation methodology across Consumer, setting standards for how we measure the quality of feeds, search results, and recommendations in a complex, community-driven environment
* Develop metrics frameworks and offline evaluation approaches for ranking and recommendation systems, including proxy metrics that reliably predict long-term outcomes like retention, community health, and user satisfaction
* Design and analyze experiments for relevance features, accounting for challenges unique to networked platforms such as spillover effects between communities, interference between contributors and consumers, and long-run impacts of ranking changes on content supply
* Identify opportunities where improved measurement and analysis can unlock product insights that were previously unmeasurable or ambiguous, particularly around content quality, search intent understanding, and personalization effectiveness
* Partner deeply with ML engineers and product teams to translate model performance metrics into user-facing impact
* Influence the long-term product strategy for Feeds and Search by synthesizing insights from experimentation, observational analysis, and metric deep-dives into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership
* Mentor and elevate other data scientists across the organization on relevance evaluation, experimentation best practices for ranking systems, causal reasoning, and statistical rigor
* Publish and share methodological advances internally and, where appropriate, externally to contribute to the broader relevance, recommendation systems, and experimentation community

## Required Qualifications

* Ph.D. in Statistics, Computer Science, Information Retrieval, Economics, or a related quantitative field with a strong focus on recommendation systems, ranking, causal inference, or evaluation methodology; or M.S. with equivalent depth of expertise
* For M.S. holders: 12+ years of industry experience in applied science, data science, or relevance/ranking-focused roles
* For Ph.D. holders: 8+ years of industry experience in applied science, data science, or relevance/ranking-focused roles
* Deep expertise in metrics design and evaluation for ranking and recommendation systems, including offline metrics and counterfactual evaluation
* Strong understanding of causal inference and experimentation methodology, including practical experience with challenges relevant to ranking systems such as novelty effects, position bias, long-run effect estimation, and ecosystem-level impacts
* Experience defining and validating quality metrics for content ranking, search, or recommendations at scale
* Strong theoretical grounding in experimental design, including power analysis, variance reduction techniques, and sequential testing as applied to relevance experiments
* Expert knowledge of SQL and proficiency in R and/or Python for statistical computing
* Demonstrated ability to influence product and organizational strategy through data-driven insights about content quality and user experience
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain nuanced statistical and ML concepts and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical senior stakeholders
* Experience mentoring data scientists and building organizational capability in relevance evaluation and experimentation
* Comfortable in innovative and fast-paced environments with a bias toward action

## Preferred Qualifications

* Published research or industry contributions in areas recommendation systems or causal inference for ranking
* Experience with social network or user-generated content platforms where community-level dynamics create non-trivial relevance and experimentation challenges

## 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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