Staff Threat Analyst, Ads Fraud

3 weeks, 5 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Data Science and Analytics
Reddit

Reddit

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Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2005
$550M raised

Description

  • Develop and execute a multi-quarter strategy for advertiser fraud detection and enforcement.
  • Prioritize risks including account takeover, payment fraud, cloaking, deceptive advertising, and network abuse.
  • Investigate complex fraud networks, identify root causes, and map adversarial infrastructure.
  • Partner with Data Science and Engineering to create detection logic, risk scores, and automated enforcement pipelines.
  • Serve as the Safety subject-matter expert for Ads Product, Engineering, and Policy teams.
  • Provide strategic guidance on adversarial risks to senior leadership.
  • Design and standardize investigative playbooks, escalation frameworks, QA standards, and feedback loops.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in threat intelligence, ad tech safety, trust and safety investigations, or platform integrity.
  • Experience with ad fraud, financial crime, account takeover, or spam abuse.
  • Demonstrated success building threat response frameworks in ambiguous, 0-to-1 environments.
  • Strong SQL and Python or R skills, with experience querying petabyte-scale datasets and building adversarial network graphs.
  • Experience using AI/LLMs for investigations and partnering with machine learning teams on LLM-based detection classifiers.
  • Deep knowledge of digital advertising ecosystems, ad-serving infrastructure, and ad fraud patterns.
  • Familiarity with global advertising compliance, privacy regulations, and regulatory reporting standards preferred.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $167,500–$234,500 USD.
  • Restricted stock units and potential commission eligibility.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and income replacement benefits.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Fully remote-friendly role within the United States, with optional office access.
  • Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
  • Paid parental leave and family planning support.
  • Mental health, coaching, gender-affirming care, professional development, and caregiving benefits.

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