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Description

MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Offered Position: Principal, Economist

Job Location: Culver City, California

Job Number: AMZ9085106

Position Responsibilities:

Design, test, and implement innovative science solutions to new and existing ad auction products at Amazon. Design new auction and bid algorithms for Amazon’s advertising business to improve market efficiency, advertiser welfare, and monetization of Amazon’s advertising inventory. Conduct economic research and apply the latest insights and empirical data analysis to auctions and mechanism design at Amazon. Lead implementation of auctions and algorithms in Amazon’s digital advertising context. Prepare scientific reports and presentations tailored to advise business (non-technical) audiences in auction design. Formulate recommendations and plans regarding auctions and mechanism design to senior management (director and above). Leverage big data tools to process large data sets, address quantitative problems, and use data analysis to evaluate competition dynamics in auction markets. Deliver causal analysis to evaluate impact of new algorithms and new auction mechanisms, including difference-in-differences, panel data, instrument method, and synthetic control. Work with Python, Spark, and SQL. Design and launch stochastic auctions to generate data for learning and measurement use cases. Design and launch measurement frameworks to quantify the impact of new auction algorithms.

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $189,400/year to $256,200/year.

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, visit:

https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.#0000

Basic Qualifications

Position Requirements:

PhD or foreign equivalent degree in Economics or a related field and three years of research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have one year of research or work experience in the following skill(s): (1) experience applying Auction Design, Mechanism Design, Causal Inference, and Experimental Design to formulate recommendations and plans; (2) experience working with Python, Spark, and SQL; (3) writing and maintaining technical documentation; and (4) presenting data and insights to C-suite senior leadership and drive recommendations, articulate tradeoffs, and communicate plans to leadership.#0000

Preferred Qualifications

Please see job description and the position requirements above.

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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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