The Worldwide Defect Elimination (WWDE) team within Amazon Customer Service is seeking a highly skilled economist to estimate the customer impact of each customer service action. Your analysis will assist teams across Amazon to prioritize defect elimination efforts and optimize how we respond to customer contacts. You will partner closely with our product program and engineering teams to deliver your findings to users via systems and dashboards that guide Customer Service planning and policies.
Key job responsibilities Develop causal economic and machine learning models at scale. Engage in economic analysis; raise the bar for research. Inform strategic discussions with senior leaders across the company to guide policies.
A day in the life If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you! At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.
The benefits that generally apply to regular fulltime employees include: * Medical Dental and Vision Coverage * Maternity and Parental Leave Options * Paid Time Off (PTO) * 401(k) Plan
About the team The WWDE teams mission is to understand and resolve all issues impacting customers and connect all organizations in Amazon to customer experiences. Our vision is to be the ultimate steward of the Voice of the Customer (VoC) empowering customer service and Amazon teams to easily measure listen and act on customer feedback. The team broadly supports defect detection root cause identification and resolution to earn customer trust. The Customer Service Economics & Optimization team is a force multiplier within this group. Through causal analysis we estimate the effectiveness of our efforts to delight the customer.
PhD in economics or equivalent 2 Years of Experience Developing Causal Models Experience in econometrics economic theory and quantitative methods Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience in implementing modern machinelearning methods (e.g. boosted regression trees random forests neural networks) Experience working with very large disparate data sets and big data tools such as Spark Knowledge of data analysis languages (e.g. R Stata Python etc. or other statistical software
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