Job ID: 3207039 | Amazon Web Services, Inc. - A97
MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Employer: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.
Offered Position: Economist III
Job Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Job Number: AMZ9674161
Responsibilities
* Work 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, or operations.
* Apply the frontier of economic thinking to market design, pricing, forecasting, program evaluation, online advertising, and other areas.
* Build econometric models using data systems.
* Apply economic theory to solve business problems.
* Develop new techniques to process large data sets, address quantitative problems, and contribute to design of automated systems.
* Apply tools from applied micro-econometrics (e.g., experimental design, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, and IV) and forecasting (essential time series models).
* Leverage big data tools for data extraction.
* Write up and present analysis for distribution to various levels of management at Amazon.
* Gain experience in academic research.
* Use program evaluation, forecasting, time series, panel data, and high dimensional problems.
* Use R and Stata.
Qualifications
* Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree in Economics, Finance, or a related field and three years of research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
* Must have at least one year of research or work experience in the following skill(s):
o Working with causal inference techniques (Difference-in-Differences, Matching, Double Machine Learning, Instrumental Variables, and Regression Discontinuity Designs)
o Statistical analysis tools (Python, R or Stata)
o Data querying languages (SQL)
Equal Opportunity
Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.
Compensation and Schedule
40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm. Salary Range: $175,100/year to $236,900/year.
Benefits and Total Compensation
Amazon is a total compensation company. Depending on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit:
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits
Note
Posted: Various dates in 2025–2026. Updated periodically.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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