Data Scientist at Reddit's Ads team building machine learning models for ad targeting, relevance, and auction optimization. Requires advanced degree in quantitative field plus 2-3 years industry experience.
Reddit has a flexible first workforce. At Reddit we continue to grow our teams with the best talent. We're completely remote friendly and will continue to be after the pandemic.
Advertising is Reddit’s primary revenue driver and we have an ambitious goal to turn it into a massive business. Although several large digital ad platforms already exist, advertisers are being increasingly drawn to Reddit because of our passionate communities. We believe our community-centric platform has created the opportunity for Reddit to build a highly differentiated ads business.
About the Ads Data Science Team:
The Ads Data Science team at Reddit leverages data to maximize advertiser value on Reddit through robust data foundations, metrics, and strategic insights generated through experimentation and cutting-edge DS methods.
We work on a wide range of challenging problems in the areas of ads targeting, relevance modeling, auction optimization, measurement, and user experience. We are a highly collaborative team of passionate data scientists and engineers who are constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible with machine learning and statistical modeling.
About the Role:
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Data Scientist to join our growing Ads Data Science team. As a Data Scientist, you will play a key role in developing as well as applying cutting-edge DS models/methods to improve our understanding of the dynamics that drive the success of our advertising platform, and identify opportunities to accelerate that success. You will work closely with stakeholders across product, engineering, sales, marketing, and data to identify opportunities, define metrics, and build solutions that drive significant impact for Reddit.
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