Sr. Principal Scientist, Stores Economics and Science

Amazon • Mountain View, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a science leader who is able to provide structure around complex business problems, work with machine learning scientists to estimate and validate their models on large scale data, and who can help business and tech partners turn the results of their analysis into policies, programs, and actions that have a major impact on Amazon’s business. We are looking for creative thinkers who can combine a strong economic toolbox with a desire to learn from others, and who know how to execute and deliver on big ideas. At the senior level, we expect you be able to own the development of scientific models and to manage, in close collaboration with scientists and engineers, the data analysis, modeling, and experimentation that is necessary for estimating and validating your model. You will need to work with our business partners to communicate the properties of your analysis/modeling and be able to work to incorporate their feedback and requests into your project. Experience in applied economic analysis is essential, and you should be familiar with modern tools for data science and business analysis.

Requirements

• PhD in Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research or highly related field (Physics, Statistics, Mathematics).
• Experience in industry, consulting, government, or academic research.
• Coding ability in a scripting language such as R, Python, Matlab, or STATA.
• Experience in applied economic analysis.
• Familiarity with modern tools for data science and business analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Written and verbal communications skills to convey complicated process and systems to business partners and senior leadership.
• Considerably more and broader experience.
• Strong track record in performing high-quality analysis of data at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the development of scientific models.
• Manage data analysis, modeling, and experimentation in close collaboration with scientists and engineers.
• Estimate and validate models on large scale data.
• Communicate the properties of analysis/modeling to business partners.
• Incorporate feedback and requests from business partners into projects.
• Turn the results of analysis into policies, programs, and actions that have a major impact on Amazon’s business.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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