Economist III - AMZ9898444

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MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Offered Position: Economist III Job Location: Boston, Massachusetts Job Number: AMZ9898444 Position Responsibilities: Mentor and guide the applied scientists and economists in our organization and hold us to a high standard of technical rigor and excellence in science. Design and lead roadmaps for complex science projects to help SP have a delightful selling experience while creating long term value for our shoppers. Work with our engineering partners and draw upon your experience to meet latency and other system constraints. Identify untapped, high-risk technical and scientific directions, and simulate new research directions that you will drive to completion and deliver. Be responsible for communicating our science innovations to the broader internal external scientific community. Position Requirements: Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree in Economics or a related field and two years of research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have two years of research or work experience in the following skill(s): 1) experience in econometrics including experience with program evaluation, forecasting, time series, panel data, or high dimensional problems; 2) experience with economic theory and quantitative methods; and 3) coding in a scripting language such as R, Python, or…