Economist, Stores Economics and Science

Amazon • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

This role will contribute to developing the Economics and Science products and
services in the Fee domain, with specialization in supply chain systems and
fees. Through the lens of economics, you will develop causal links for how
Amazon, Sellers and Customers interact. You will be a key and senior scientist,
advising Amazon leaders how to price our services. You will work on developing
frameworks and scalable, repeatable models supporting optimal pricing and policy
in the two-sided marketplace that is central to Amazon's business. The pricing
for Amazon services is complex. You will partner with science and technology
teams across Amazon including Advertising, Supply Chain, Operations, Prime,
Consumer Pricing, and Finance.

We are looking for an experienced Economist to improve our understanding of
seller Economics, enhance our ability to estimate the causal impact of fees, and
work with partner teams to design pricing policy changes. In this role, you will
provide guidance to scientists to develop econometric models to influence our
fee pricing worldwide. You will lead the development of causal models to help
isolate the impact of fee and policy changes from other business actions, using
experiments when possible, or observational data when not.

Requirements

• Extensive Economics knowledge
• Demonstrated strength in practical and policy relevant structural econometrics
• Strong collaboration skills
• Proven ability to lead highly ambiguous and large projects
• A drive to deliver results
• PhD in economics or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of industry, consulting, government, or academic research experience
• Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R, Stata, Matlab, SAS
• Experience in prediction and forecasting in a research or industrial environment
• Experience with handling of large datasets
• Familiarity with systems and services that constitute seller supply chains is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Advise Amazon leaders how to price our services.
• Develop frameworks and scalable, repeatable models supporting optimal pricing and policy in the two-sided marketplace that is central to Amazon's business.
• Provide guidance to scientists to develop econometric models to influence our fee pricing worldwide.
• Lead the development of causal models to help isolate the impact of fee and policy changes from other business actions, using experiments when possible, or observational data when not.
• Work closely with Economists, Data / Applied Scientists, Strategy Analysts, Data Engineers, and Product leads to integrate economic insights into policy and systems production.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree