Amazon
Sr. Principal Scientist, Stores Economics and Science
$240K–$350K
Seattle, WA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Palo Alto, CA - Experience
- Experience in industry, consulting, government, or academic research; no number of years stated.
- Education
- PhD in Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a highly related field (Physics, Statistics, Mathematics).
About the job
Leads economic and scientific modeling, analysis, and experimentation to inform business policies and actions across Amazon’s buyer-seller network.
What you'll do
- Own the development of scientific models and coordinate data analysis, modeling, and experimentation to estimate and validate them.
- Work with machine learning scientists, engineers, and business partners to shape analysis and incorporate feedback.
- Communicate analytical findings to help business and technology partners turn results into policies, programs, and actions.
What they ask for
- PhD in Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a highly related field (Physics, Statistics, Mathematics).
- Experience in industry, consulting, government, or academic research.
- Coding ability in a scripting language such as R, Python, Matlab, or STATA.
Nice to have
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex processes and systems to business partners and senior leadership.
- Strong track record in high-quality analysis of data at scale.
Pay
276,100.00 - 350,000.00 USD annually (base salary); 240,100.00 - 324,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
R, Python, Matlab, STATA, machine learning
AI focus
Supports adoption of AI science and technology through science-heavy business partnerships, incubation of products with high AI research risk, AI tooling, and scientific modeling and analysis.
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