Economist I, Capacity Economics, AWS Central Economics & Science

About the role

The AWS Central Economics & Science team is looking for a PhD economist. The ideal candidate will be proficient in both reduced form and structural estimation and eager to learn new methods where applicable. You will become a subject-matter expert in cloud infrastructure, creating theoretical frameworks, data-driven insights, and statistical models to help AWS serve its total demand at a lower cost.

You will work closely with finance, product, and engineering teams—as well as economists and other scientists—to understand complex systems and products. You will have the freedom to propose, explore, and deliver on a wide variety of projects that emerge from your research. The team functions like a start-up within the AWS ecosystem, identifying greenfield problems and building trust through delivering valuable insights and policy changes. Most importantly, you will solve problems at a massive scale in a collaborative, curious, supportive, and fun environment.

Responsibilities

• Become a subject-matter expert in various areas of infrastructure, cost management, and transfer pricing.
• Deliver insights that lead to policy changes through analysis, modeling, and theoretical frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with non-economist business partners to communicate insights, implement solutions through production models, and develop a research agenda.

About the team

ACES works on high-impact projects for AWS service teams and leadership. This position will support the cost and transfer pricing optimization team to help AWS continue to scale its infrastructure efficiently in a fast-changing technological and competitive environment.

Requirements

• PhD in economics or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of data analysis languages (e.g., R, Stata, Python, etc.) or other statistical software.
• Experience in a postdoctoral position, consulting position, government position, or academic research.
• Experience with SQL.

Pay

USA, WA, Seattle - $129,200.00 - $174,700.00 USD annually.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, and Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.