Economist I, RFCA

About the Role

Economists at Amazon partner closely with senior management, business stakeholders, scientists, engineers, and economist leadership to solve key business problems across various domains, including Amazon Web Services, Kindle, Prime, inventory planning, international retail, third-party merchants, search, pricing, labor and employment planning, and employee benefits.

Economists will develop techniques that apply econometrics to large datasets, address quantitative problems, and contribute to the design of automated systems. You will work in a fast-paced environment within a cross-functional team embedded in a business unit or a central science and economics organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with senior management, business stakeholders, scientists, engineers, and economist leadership.
• Solve key business problems.
• Build econometric models using world-class data systems.
• Apply approaches from various skillsets like applied macro/time series, applied micro, econometric theory, empirical IO, empirical health, labor, and public economics.
• Develop techniques that apply econometrics to large data sets.
• Address quantitative problems.
• Contribute to the design of automated systems around the company.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Econometric modeling.
• Applied macro/time series.
• Applied micro.
• Econometric theory.
• Empirical IO.
• Empirical health.
• Labor economics.
• Public economics.
• Large data sets.
• Quantitative problem-solving.
• Design of automated systems.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics, Quantitative Marketing, Finance, or closely related field.
• Deep knowledge of observational causal inference methods.
• Strong background in statistics methodology and applications to business problems, and/or big data.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.
• Strong research track record.
• Effective verbal and written communications skills with both economists and non-economist audiences.