Amazon Prime is looking for an Economist to create econometric insights for world-wide Prime to inform major company decisions.
Requirements
- Knowledge of data analysis languages (e.g., R, Stata, Python, etc.) or other statistical software
- Experience with SQL
- Knowledge of machine learning
- Experience with large-scale scientific computing using distributed computing infrastructures such as Spark-Scala or PySpark
- Structural econometrics
- Time-series forecasting
- Causal, counterfactual, and time-series modeling
Responsibilities
- Create statistical tools that embed causal interpretations
- Utilize massive data, state-of-the-art scientific computing, econometrics, and machine-learning
- Create insights from descriptive statistics and novel statistical and econometric models
- Create internal-to-Amazon-facing automated scientific data products to power company decisions
- Write strategic documents explaining how senior company leaders should utilize these insights
- Build, estimate, and defend statistical models using software such as R, Python, or STATA
- Apply a broad set of statistical and computational techniques to supplement deep-training in one area of econometrics
Other
- PhD in Economics, Quantitative Marketing, Finance, or closely related field
- Very strong writing and emotional intelligence skills
- Growth mindset
- Capacity for dealing with a high-level of ambiguity
- Ability to deliver projects well and on-time, preferably in collaboration with other team members
- Travel requirements not specified
- Clearance requirements not specified
- Visa requirements not specified
