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Economist, Stores Economics and Science
Job Location:
Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 147000 - 147000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (3 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
This role will contribute to developing the Economics and Science products and services in the Fee domain with specialization in supply chain systems and fees. Through the lens of economics you will develop causal links for how Amazon Sellers and Customers interact. You will be a key and senior scientist advising Amazon leaders how to price our services. You will work on developing frameworks and scalable repeatable models supporting optimal pricing and policy in the two-sided marketplace that is central to Amazons business. The pricing for Amazon services is complex. You will partner with science and technology teams across Amazon including Advertising Supply Chain Operations Prime Consumer Pricing and Finance.
We are looking for an experienced Economist to improve our understanding of seller Economics enhance our ability to estimate the causal impact of fees and work with partner teams to design pricing policy this role you will provide guidance to scientists to develop econometric models to influence our fee pricing worldwide. You will lead the development of causal models to help isolate the impact of fee and policy changes from other business actions using experiments when possible or observational data when not.
Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have extensive Economics knowledge demonstrated strength in practical and policy relevant structural econometrics strong collaboration skills proven ability to lead highly ambiguous and large projects and a drive to deliver results.
They will work closely with Economists Data / Applied Scientists Strategy Analysts Data Engineers and Product leads to integrate economic insights into policy and systems production. Familiarity with systems and services that constitute seller supply chains is a plus but not required.
About the team
The Stores Economics and Sciences team is a central science team that supports Amazons Retail and Supply Chain leadership. We tackle some of Amazons most challenging economics and machine learning problems where our mandate is to impact the business on massive scale.
- PhD in economics or equivalent
- 3 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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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.
We are looking for an experienced Economist to improve our understanding of seller Economics enhance our ability to estimate the causal impact of fees and work with partner teams to design pricing policy this role you will provide guidance to scientists to develop econometric models to influence our fee pricing worldwide. You will lead the development of causal models to help isolate the impact of fee and policy changes from other business actions using experiments when possible or observational data when not.
Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have extensive Economics knowledge demonstrated strength in practical and policy relevant structural econometrics strong collaboration skills proven ability to lead highly ambiguous and large projects and a drive to deliver results.
They will work closely with Economists Data / Applied Scientists Strategy Analysts Data Engineers and Product leads to integrate economic insights into policy and systems production. Familiarity with systems and services that constitute seller supply chains is a plus but not required.
About the team
The Stores Economics and Sciences team is a central science team that supports Amazons Retail and Supply Chain leadership. We tackle some of Amazons most challenging economics and machine learning problems where our mandate is to impact the business on massive scale.
- PhD in economics or equivalent
- 3 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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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.
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