Economist II, Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA)

Do you want a role with deep meaning and the ability to make a major impact As part of Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) youll have the opportunity to reinvent the hiring process and deliver unprecedented scale sophistication and accuracy for Amazon Talent Acquisition operations. ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists engineers analysts product professionals and more all with the shared goal of connecting the right people to the right jobs in a way that is fair and precise. Last year we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments and helped Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of workers in the right quantity at the right location and at exactly the right time. Youll work on state-of-the-art research advanced software tools new AI systems and machine learning algorithms leveraging Amazons in-house tech stack to bring innovative solutions to life. Join ITA in using technologies to transform the hiring landscape and make a meaningful difference in peoples lives. Together we can solve the worlds toughest hiring problems.

Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA)is looking for an economist with expertise in applying causal inference experimental design and/or causal machine learning techniques to topics in labor or related applied economics. They will collaborate with business partners to define and deliver economic thinking that guide strategic decisions. They will work closely with data scientists research scientists and engineers to estimate and validate their models on large scale data and will help business partners turn the results of their analysis to business actions that have a major impact.

Ideal candidates will own key inputs to all stages of research projects including data requirements model development experimental design and data analysis. They will be customer-centric working closely with business partners to define key research questions communicate scientific approaches and findings listen to and incorporate partner feedback and deliver successful solutions.

Key job responsibilities
The Economist will work with teammates (Data Scientists Research Scientists (Industrial-Organizational Psychologists) Business Intelligence Engineers to apply economic methods to business problems. This might include identifying the appropriate research questions writing code to implement a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analysis estimate a structural model building a statistical / regression model or writing and presenting a document with findings to business leaders. Our economists also collaborate with partner teams throughout the process from understanding their challenges to developing a research agenda that will address those challenges to help them implement solutions.

A day in the life
The Economist will work with teammates to apply economic methods to business problems. This might include identifying the appropriate research questions writing code to implement the model or writing and presenting a document with findings to business leaders. The economist will also conduct code and paper reviews engage in science panel reviews and attend meetings to scope the work and/or present results. The economists will also manage and update their work through regular ASANA project updates.

- 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 applied macroeconomics time series and macroeconometrics economic theory and quantitative methods
- Experience in data mining (SQL ETL data warehouse etc.) and using databases in a business environment with large-scale complex datasets

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Irving - 136000.00 - 184000.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 136000.00 - 184000.00 USD annually