Senior Economist: Big Data & Forecasting

Amazon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where customers can shop in our stores to find and discover anything they want to buy. Economists at Amazon partner with senior management, stakeholders, scientists, and engineers to solve business problems using econometrics on large data.

You will develop techniques that apply econometrics to massive data sets and contribute to automated systems across the company in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in economics or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of broad research experience after PhD.
• Advanced expertise in observational causal inference methods.
• Strong background in statistics for business problems and big data.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with economists and non-economists.

Responsibilities

• Develop econometric models using large data sets.
• Apply econometric techniques to solve key business problems.
• Collaborate with senior management, stakeholders, scientists and engineers.
• Contribute to the design of automated systems around the company.

Skills

Research experience

Causal inference

Statistics

Communication

Adaptability

Education

PhD in economics

Job description

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where customers can shop in our stores to find and discover anything they want to buy. Economists at Amazon partner with senior management, stakeholders, scientists, and engineers to solve business problems using econometrics on large data.

You will develop techniques that apply econometrics to massive data sets and contribute to automated systems across the company in a fast-paced environment.