Economist, Prime Video

Ever wish you could use your quantitative and critical thinking skills to influence business decisions Economists at Amazon partner closely with senior management business stakeholders scientist and engineers and economist leadership to solve key business problems. As part of the Content Discovery and Experimentation Science team within Prime Video you will leverage your expertise in causal inference and experimental design to make Prime Video the best-in-class digital video experience.

Key job responsibilities
- Build causal models and metrics that capture trade-off decisions when business and customer outcomes do not align
- Partner with data scientists and product managers to integrate these metrics into Prime Videos experimentation tooling
- Work with finance partners to ensure that the teams product metrics contribute to Prime Videos strategic business and financial objectives
- Contribute to technical and business documents to communicate ideas and proposals to various audiences
- Educate and advocate for best practices in experimentation and how to use it for decision-making

- PhD in economics or equivalent

- Knowledge of data analysis languages (e.g. R Stata Python etc.) or other statistical software
- Experience in a postdoctoral position consulting position government position or academic research
- Experience with SQL

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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 WA SEATTLE - 129200.00 - 174700.00 USD annually