Economists - ML, Industrial Organization or Environmental Economics

About the role

The AI Economics Team at Auger is building an AI and agentic-powered market intelligence system that enables our customers to forecast supply chain risk, optimize sourcing decisions, and respond to global disruptions in real time. We are looking for an Economist to lead the development of causal inference frameworks, policy impact models, and economic scoring systems embedded in our platform.

What You'll Do

• Design the methodology behind core platform capabilities: estimating causal drivers of delivery performance;
• Modeling the cost and carbon impact of tariff policy changes;
• Foresighting input costs as functions of commodity prices, exchange rates, and macroeconomic conditions;
• Building scenario simulation tools that quantify tradeoffs across cost, risk, and sustainability.

What You Bring

• PhD in economics, with coursework in econometrics and causal inference;
• Experience with causal inference methods with ML: DML or causal forests, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, synthetic control;
• Strong programming skills in Python; comfort working in production codebases;
• Ability to translate business questions into well-specified causal or economic frameworks;
• Experience with at least one of: policy impact analysis, market structure modeling, carbon/emissions accounting, or trade economics;
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to explain methodology to engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders.

Compensation & Benefits

As part of our commitment to People Powered Greatness, we invest in our team members with competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, financial future, and daily life. The package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, and commuter benefits. Total compensation may include a combination of a competitive base salary and equity. Your initial placement within our salary range will be based on your experience, qualifications. The base pay range for this role is $180,000 – $250,000 per year.

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