Economist III, AWS Central Economics and Science

Amazon.com, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team at an established industry player, where you will leverage your economic expertise to tackle complex problems in multi-sided markets. This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic directions and drive growth through rigorous research and collaboration. You will work in a supportive environment that values work-life balance and encourages professional development. With a focus on impactful data work and actionable insights, your contributions will shape the future of AWS Central Economics and Science. If you're passionate about economics and eager to make a difference, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Equity options

Sign-on payments

Medical benefits

Financial benefits

Qualifications

• PhD in economics or equivalent required.
• Experience in analytics and applied economics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interface with product owners and leadership to drive research agendas.
• Collaborate with other science teams at AWS.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Applied Economics

Statistical Modeling

Problem Solving

Education

PhD in Economics

Tools

R

Python

STATA

Job description

Economist III, AWS Central Economics and Science

Job ID: 2894805 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are hiring a Senior Economist with the ability to disambiguate very challenging structural problems in two and multi-sided markets. The right hire will be able to dive deep into the data to come up with stylized facts, build reduced form models that motivate structural assumptions, and build to more complex structural models. The main use case will be understanding how the incremental effects of subsidies to a two sided market relate to sales motions characterized by principal agent problems.

Key job responsibilities

This role will interface directly with product owners, scientists/economists, and leadership to create multi-year research agendas that drive step change growth for the business. This role is important for the development of the strategic direction of the AWS Central Economics and Science team. The role will also be an important collaborator with other science teams at AWS.

A day in the life

Our team takes big swings and works on hard cross organizational problems where the optimal success rate is not 100%. We also ask people to grow their skills and stretch and make sure we do it in a supportive and fun environment. It’s about empirically measured impact, advancement, and fun on our team. We work hard during work hours but we also don’t encourage working at nights or on weekends except in very rare, high stakes cases. Burn out isn’t a successful long run strategy. Because we invest in the long run success of our group it’s important to have hobbies, relax and then come to work refreshed, and excited. It makes for bigger impact and faster skill accrual and thus career advancement.

About the team

Our group is technically rigorous and encourages ongoing academic conference participation and publication. Our leaders are here for you and to enable you to be successful. We believe in being servant leaders focused on influence: good data work has little value if it doesn’t translate into actionable insights that are rolled out and impact the real economy. We are communication centric since being able to explain what we do ensures high success rates and lowers administrative churn. Also: we laugh a lot. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD in economics or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in analytics and applied economics
- Experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems
- Experience in building statistical models using R, Python, STATA, or a related software
- Experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.