Amazon · 5 months ago
Principal, Economist - AMZ9085106
Culver City, California, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$189K/yr - $256K/yr
3+ years expAmazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Principal Economist to enhance their advertising auction products. The role involves designing and implementing innovative solutions, conducting economic research, and leading the application of auction algorithms to improve market efficiency and advertiser welfare.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Design, test, and implement innovative science solutions to new and existing ad auction products at Amazon
Design new auction and bid algorithms for Amazon’s advertising business to improve market efficiency, advertiser welfare, and monetization of Amazon’s advertising inventory
Conduct economic research and apply the latest insights and empirical data analysis to auctions and mechanism design at Amazon
Lead implementation of auctions and algorithms in Amazon’s digital advertising context
Prepare scientific reports and presentations tailored to advise business (non-technical) audiences in auction design
Formulate recommendations and plans regarding auctions and mechanism design to senior management (director and above)
Leverage big data tools to process large data sets, address quantitative problems, and use data analysis to evaluate competition dynamics in auction markets
Deliver causal analysis to evaluate impact of new algorithms and new auction mechanisms, including difference-in-differences, panel data, instrument method, and synthetic control
Work with Python, Spark, and SQL
Design and launch stochastic auctions to generate data for learning and measurement use cases
Design and launch measurement frameworks to quantify the impact of new auction algorithms
Qualification
Required
PhD or foreign equivalent degree in Economics or a related field
three years of research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation
one year of research or work experience in the following skill(s): (1) experience applying Auction Design, Mechanism Design, Causal Inference, and Experimental Design to formulate recommendations and plans; (2) experience working with Python, Spark, and SQL; (3) writing and maintaining technical documentation; and (4) presenting data and insights to C-suite senior leadership and drive recommendations, articulate tradeoffs, and communicate plans to leadership
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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