Principal Economist: Incentive Design for Operations

The Incentives Lab; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Incentives Lab in Seattle is seeking a researcher to apply mechanism design to large-scale operations workstreams at Amazon. You will explore how incentive structures influence behavior and throughput in fulfilment centers.

You will design and run experiments on bonus schemes, attendance incentives, and quality-vs-throughput trade-offs, and analyze results to guide policy and system design.

Qualifications

• Experience designing incentive programs for large teams or operations.
• Ability to translate behavioral insights into actionable policy.
• Strong data analysis skills to evaluate experiments and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Apply mechanism design to Amazon's operations workforce.
• Run experiments on bonus structures, attendance incentives, and quality-vs-throughput trade-offs across fulfilment centers.

Skills

Incentive design

Experiment design

Data analysis

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

The Incentives Lab in Seattle is seeking a researcher to apply mechanism design to large-scale operations workstreams at Amazon. You will explore how incentive structures influence behavior and throughput in fulfilment centers.

You will design and run experiments on bonus schemes, attendance incentives, and quality-vs-throughput trade-offs, and analyze results to guide policy and system design.