Highlights
Own the economic modeling of how our pricing systems behave during our major promotional events - characterizing when our automated decisions produce efficient outcomes versus persistent defects, and designing mechanisms to correct the latter. You"ll join a team that includes a Principal Economist, senior applied scientists, and dedicated experimentation leads - with direct access to pricing leadership.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
Amazon"s 1P retail pricing systems make millions of automated decisions every day to deliver competitive prices to customers. As agentic shopping tools become more prevalent, we work to ensure these systems continue to produce efficient, customer-beneficial outcomes and avoid defects.
We"re hiring a Sr. Economist to help lead this effort. You"ll develop the science for understanding how Amazon"s pricing systems behave around our major promotional events and design mechanisms that improve long-run customer value. The role sits at the intersection of economic theory, applied econometrics, and production systems - and requires someone who can operate independently across all three.
Key job responsibilities
Own the economic modeling of how our pricing systems behave during our major promotional events - characterizing when our automated decisions produce efficient outcomes versus persistent defects, and designing mechanisms to correct the latter
Develop econometric identification strategies for measuring the impact of pricing defects and the value of proposed corrections
Deliver high-stakes analyses connecting pricing to customer trust and long-run business outcomes at VP+ level
Translate economic models into system-level requirements that engineering teams can implement as automated safeguards
Serve as cross-team advisor to partner teams in Demand Science, Finance, and Product
About the team
P2OS is a 12-person team of applied scientists and economists within WW Pricing & Promotions. We own the science behind Amazon"s retail pricing decisions - optimization, demand estimation, price prediction, and error detection. The team values rigorous identification, clean problem framing, and work that changes how systems behave. You"ll join a team that includes a Principal Economist, senior applied scientists, and dedicated experimentation leads - with direct access to pricing leadership.
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
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Our Leadership Principles
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Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles