# Senior Data Scientist, Ads Integrity

Hiring organization: [Reddit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/reddit)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b28873cd-f2b6-4f57-8ff0-4d2b3060d4a3

Listed on Reddit's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Remote - United States
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 190800 – 267100 USD per year

## Summary

Reddit is seeking a senior data scientist to lead fraud detection and enforcement across their advertising platform, working across product, engineering, and safety teams to build detection systems and investigate emerging fraud patterns. This role suits experienced data scientists with a background in fraud or abuse detection who can translate complex analyses into scalable, production systems and influence cross-functional strategy.

_Our summary, not Reddit's wording._

## Skills named

Anomaly Detection, GenAI (Generative AI), Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Network Analysis, Python, SQL, Statistical Analysis

## Required

- Experience building production detection and enforcement pipelines with feature engineering, rules, models, and monitoring
- Strong knowledge of fraud detection methods including label design, precision-recall tradeoffs, calibration, and threshold selection
- Proficiency in Python or similar programming language and SQL
- Advanced degree (Ph.D. in quantitative field or M.S. with 4+ years industry experience)
- Ability to partner with Product and Engineering teams to translate analysis into production systems
- Experience working on ambiguously defined problems and deconstructing them into precise, tractable components

## Nice to have

- Background in ads fraud, financial fraud, account risk, Trust & Safety, or platform integrity
- Experience applying LLMs to data science workflows like threat discovery or investigation automation
- Familiarity with complex behavioral networks and large-scale activity patterns
- Track record of influencing cross-functional roadmaps and aligning stakeholders

Apply on Reddit's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/8157580