JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018

Amazon

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Economist

JOE ID Number: 2017-02_111458279
Date Posted: 09/12/2017
Date Inactive: 01/31/2018
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Seattle, Washington, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: D -- Microeconomics
Keywords:
Economics, Analytics, Analysis, Big Data
Salary Range: DOE
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online. We hire the world's brightest minds, offering them a fast paced, technologically sophisticated and friendly work environment.

Economists at Amazon will be expected to work directly with the chief economist and senior management on key business problems faced in retail, international retail, cloud computing, third party merchants, search, Kindle, streaming video, and operations. Amazon economists will apply the frontier of economic thinking to market design, pricing, forecasting, program evaluation, online advertising and other areas. You will build econometric models, using our world class data systems, and apply economic theory to solve business problems in a fast moving environment. Economists at Amazon will be expected to develop new techniques to process large data sets, address quantitative problems, and contribute to design of automated systems around the company.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
  • Letters of Reference Instructions Below
Application deadline: 12/18/2017
Reference Instructions:
Send to economist-careers@amazon.com