Amazon
Economist II - AMZ27751.1
Irvine, CA · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- Two years of post-doctoral research or work experience, plus one year of experience in the specified skills and settings.
- Education
- PhD degree or foreign equivalent in Economics, Finance, or a related field.
About the job
Applies economic theory, econometric modeling, and forecasting to solve business problems across Amazon businesses, and presents analyses to management.
What you'll do
- Build econometric models and apply economic theory to business problems, including market design, pricing, forecasting, and program evaluation.
- Develop data-processing techniques and automated systems; use big-data tools to extract data and apply econometric and forecasting methods.
- Write up and present analyses to management.
What they ask for
- PhD in Economics, Finance, or a related field, or foreign equivalent.
- Two years of post-doctoral research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
- One year of experience in private consulting, government, or academic research; program evaluation, forecasting, time series, panel data, and high-dimensional problems; Matlab, R, SAS, or Stata; and SQL.
Pay
$136000 - $184000 USD base salary
Tools
Matlab, R, SAS, Stata, SQL
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