Economist II, AWS Central Economics

DescriptionOur team develops econometric models to inform AWS's investments across different sales roles, programs, go-to-market motions, and partners. We work closely with business, finance, and operations leaders, influencing strategic decisions across AWS.The ideal candidate will posses strong knowledge of state of the art causal estimation techniques, and be curious and excited to apply these in challenging real-world settings.Key job responsibilitiesThe key job responsibilities of this role include:

Designing repeatable observational studies based on the decision and available data.

Proposing operational decisions to improve estimation confidence (e.g. staggered roll-out designs)

Working with business leaders to connect between the studies and findings and their decisions.

Proposing and developing new data collection mechanisms to improve future studies.

Identifying new opportunities for econometric causal estimation to increase AWS revenue and improve AWS operations and decision-making.

Basic Qualifications

PhD in economics or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

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 with handling of large datasets

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