Economist II, Advertising Incrementality Measurement
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 136000 - 212800
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Advertising Incrementality Measurement (AIM) team is looking for an Economist with experience in causal inference experimentation and ML development to help us expand our causal modeling solutions for understanding advertising effectiveness. Our work is foundational to providing customer-facing experimentation tools furthering internal research & development and building out Amazons new Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA) measurement offerings. Incrementality measurement is a lynchpin for the next generation of Amazon Advertising measurement solutions and this role will play a key role in the release and expansion of these offerings.
Key job responsibilities
* Partner with economists and senior team members to drive science improvements and implement technical solutions at the state-of-the-art of machine learning and econometrics
* Partner with engineering and other science collaborators to design implement prototype deploy and maintain large-scale causal ML models.
* Carry out in-depth research and analysis exploring advertising-related data sets including large sets of real-world experimental data to understand advertiser behavior highlight model improvement opportunities and understand shortcomings and limitations.
* Define data quality standards for understanding typical behavior capturing outliers and detecting model performance issues.
* Work with product stakeholders to help improve our ability to provide quality measurement of advertising effectiveness for our customers.
About the team
AIM is a cross disciplinary team of engineers product managers economists data scientists and applied scientists with a charter to build scientifically-rigorous causal inference methodologies at scale. Our job is to help customers cut through the noise of the modern advertising landscape and understand what actions behaviors and strategies actually have a real measurable impact on key outcomes. The data we produce becomes the effective ground truth for advertisers and partners making decisions affecting $10s to $100s of millions in advertising spend.
- PhD in economics or equivalent
- 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 of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent 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 please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Key job responsibilities
* Partner with economists and senior team members to drive science improvements and implement technical solutions at the state-of-the-art of machine learning and econometrics
* Partner with engineering and other science collaborators to design implement prototype deploy and maintain large-scale causal ML models.
* Carry out in-depth research and analysis exploring advertising-related data sets including large sets of real-world experimental data to understand advertiser behavior highlight model improvement opportunities and understand shortcomings and limitations.
* Define data quality standards for understanding typical behavior capturing outliers and detecting model performance issues.
* Work with product stakeholders to help improve our ability to provide quality measurement of advertising effectiveness for our customers.
About the team
AIM is a cross disciplinary team of engineers product managers economists data scientists and applied scientists with a charter to build scientifically-rigorous causal inference methodologies at scale. Our job is to help customers cut through the noise of the modern advertising landscape and understand what actions behaviors and strategies actually have a real measurable impact on key outcomes. The data we produce becomes the effective ground truth for advertisers and partners making decisions affecting $10s to $100s of millions in advertising spend.
- PhD in economics or equivalent
- 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 of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent 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 please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Python
- Spss
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Stata
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Survey Design
- Calculus
- SAS
- Statistics
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