Offers “Amazon”

Expires soon Amazon

Principal Economist

  • Internship
  • Seattle (King)
  • Studies / Statistics / Data

Job description



DESCRIPTION

The Central Economics Economics team uses Economics, Statistics, and Machine Learning to understand and design the complex economy of Amazon's network of buyers and sellers. We are an interdisciplinary team, committed to use of cutting edge technology and leveraging the strengths of engineers and scientists to build solutions for some of the toughest business problems at Amazon.

We are looking for an outstanding scientist who is able to provide structure around complex business problems, work with machine learning scientists to estimate and validate their models on large scale data, and who can help business and tech partners turn the results of their analysis into policies, programs, and actions that have a major impact on Amazon's business. We are looking for creative thinkers who can combine a strong economic toolbox with a desire to learn from others, and who know how to execute and deliver on big ideas.

At the senior level, we expect you be able to own the development of scientific models and to manage, in close collaboration with scientists and engineers, the data analysis, modeling, and experimentation that is necessary for estimating and validating your model. You will need to work with our business partners to communicate the properties of your analysis/modeling and be able to work to incorporate their feedback and requests into your project. Experience in applied economic analysis is essential, and you should be familiar with modern tools for data science and business analysis.

We are particularly interested in candidates with research background in applied microeconomics, Finance, time series, empirical IO, Marketing, applied econometrics, and market design. However, we want to talk with any experienced economist with an interest in working on an interest in working on innovative, strategic problems with significant business impact.

Desired profile



BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· PhD in Economics, Computer Science, or highly related field (Marketing, Finance)
· 10+ years of experience in industry, consulting, government, or academic research
· Experience with big data and machine learning or data science
· Coding ability in a scripting language such as R or python or STATA

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