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Economist, Prime Science

Amazon

$116,300 - $201,000
Apr 15, 2025
Seattle, WA, US
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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