Amazon Advertising is one of Amazon's fastest growing and most profitable businesses. Our products are used daily to surface new selection and provide customers a wider set of product choices along their shopping journeys. The business is focused on generating value for shoppers as well as advertisers. Our team uses a combination of econometrics, machine learning, and data science to build disruptive products for all our Advertising products. We also generate insights to guide Amazon Advertising strategy, providing direct support to senior leadership. We are looking for an experienced Economist with a deep passion for building econometric solutions and the ability to communicate data insights and scientific vision to execute on strategic projects. Key job responsibilities Leverage econometrics and ML models to optimize advertising strategies on behalf of our customers. Influence key business and product decisions based on insights from models you develop. Perform hands‑on analysis and modeling with enormous data sets to develop insights that increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales without compromising shopper experience. Work closely with software engineers on detailed requirements to productionize the models you build. Run A/B experiments that affect hundreds of millions of customers, evaluate the impact of your optimizations and communicate your results to various business stakeholders. Work with other scientists, software developers, and product partners to implement your solutions. Basic Qualifications PhD in economics or equivalent Preferred Qualifications 2+ years of industry, consulting, government, or academic research experience Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R, Stata, Matlab, SAS Experience in prediction and forecasting in a research or industrial environment Experience with handling of large datasets Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis