Economist, Device Economics

2 days ago


Seattle WA United States Amazon Full time

Job ID: 2780568 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Device Economics is looking for an economist experienced in causal inference, empirical industrial organization, forecasting, and scaled systems to work on business problems to advance critical resource allocation and pricing decisions in the Amazon Devices org. Output will be included in scaled systems to automate existing processes and to maximize business and customer objectives.

Amazon Devices designs and builds Amazon first-party consumer electronics products to delight and engage customers. Amazon Devices represents a highly complex space with 100+ products across several product categories (e-readers (Kindle), tablets (Fire Tablets), smart speakers and audio assistants (Echo), wifi routers (eero), and video doorbells and cameras (Ring and Blink)), for sale both online and in offline retailers in several regions. The space becomes more complex with dynamic product offering with new product launches and new marketplace launches. The Device Economics team leads in analyzing these complex marketplace dynamics to enable science-driven decision making in the Devices org. Device Economics achieves this by combining economic expertise with macroeconomic trends, and including both in scientific applications for use by internal analysts, to provide deep understanding of customer preferences. Our team’s outputs inform product development decisions, investments in future product categories, product pricing and promotion, and bundling across complementary product lines. We have achieved substantial impact on the Devices business, and will achieve more.

Device Economics seeks an economist adept in measuring customer preferences and behaviors with proven capacity to innovate, scale measurement, and drive rigor. The candidate must be passionate about advancing science for business and customer impact.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

PhD in economics or equivalent
Deep knowledge of observational causal interference methods
Strong background in statistics methodology, applications to business problems, and/or big data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.
Strong research track record.
Effective verbal and written communications skills with both economists and non-economist audiences.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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