Amazon

Economist I, Capacity Economics, AWS Central Economics & Science

Amazon$129K — $174K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD in economics or equivalent required.
  • Proficient in reduced form and structural estimation techniques.
  • Knowledge of data analysis languages such as R, Stata, or Python preferred.
  • Experience in postdoctoral, consulting, governmental, or academic research roles.
  • Familiarity with SQL is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Become a subject-matter expert in cloud infrastructure and cost management.
  • Deliver insights that drive policy changes through statistical analysis and modeling.
  • Collaborate with non-economist stakeholders to communicate findings effectively.
  • Implement solutions through production models based on research insights.
  • Develop and pursue a comprehensive research agenda on economic topics in AWS.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) matching to support retirement savings.
  • Generous paid time off policy to promote work-life balance.
  • Parental leave to support family growth.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage available.
Full Job Description
The AWS Central Economics & Science team is looking for a PhD economist. The ideal candidate will be proficient in both reduced form and structural estimation and, most importantly, will be eager to learn new methods where applicable. The ideal candidate should be a problem-solver first, with an ability to bring theoretical frameworks to real-world business problems, working backwards from the business problem rather than from any particular solution method.

In this role, you will become a subject-matter expert in cloud infrastructure, creating theoretical frameworks, data-driven insights, and statistical models to help AWS serve its total demand at a lower cost. You will work closely with finance, product, and engineering teams-as well as economists and other scientists-to understand complex systems and products, and will have the freedom to propose, explore, and deliver on a wide variety of projects that emerge from your research.

Our team functions like a start-up within the AWS ecosystem-we have the freedom to identify greenfield problems that other economists have not explored yet, and build trust with the business through delivering valuable insights and policy changes. Most importantly, we solve problems at a massive scale and do it in a collaborative, curious, supportive, and fun environment.

Key job responsibilities

- Become a subject-matter expert in various areas of infrastructure, cost management, and transfer pricing.

- Deliver insights that leads to policy changes through analysis, modeling, and theoretical frameworks.

- Collaborate closely with non-economist business partners to communicate insights, implement solutions through production models, and develop a research agenda.

About the team

ACES works on high-impact projects for AWS service teams and leadership. This position will support the cost and transfer pricing optimization team to help AWS continue to scale its infrastructure efficiently in a fast-changing technological and competitive environment.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD in economics or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of data analysis languages (e.g., R, Stata, Python, etc.) or other statistical software

- Experience in a postdoctoral position, consulting position, government position or academic research

- Experience with SQL

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 129,200.00 - 174,700.00 USD annually

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