Principal Economist, Fulfillment by Amazon

What you'll do

• Design markets, incentives, economic models, and large-scale experiments for supply-chain efficiency and seller policies.
• Develop economic frameworks for fulfillment operations and shape the economics of fast-delivery programs.
• Set technical direction, influence business and science leaders, and mentor economists and scientists.

What they ask for

• PhD in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field.
• 7+ years applying economic methods to substantive problems in academia, industry, consulting, or government.
• Experience applying economic analysis with big data, causal inference, machine learning, and data science; ability to build complex economic models from scratch and take them to production.
• Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, or equivalent; familiarity with GenAI methods; research record demonstrating rigor; strong written and verbal communication.

Nice to have

• Background in industrial organization, mechanism/market design, or structural model estimation; experience at the intersection of economics and operations research.
• Experience with production-grade languages such as Java or C++.

Pay

189,400.00 - 256,200.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Python, R, SQL, GenAI, Java, C++

AI focus

Familiarity with GenAI methods for automation and rapid prototyping; work includes designing and implementing agentic systems and trustworthy autonomous resource-management systems.