Amazon’s Pricing Research team is seeking an experienced Research Scientist to help Amazon develop, run and evaluate effective and insightful marketplace experiments. This Scientist will work with both business stakeholder and other data analysts, scientists and economists to create analytic pricing models and test their application through analysis of historic data and by performing and analyzing experiments. We are looking for a person who is passionate about working with experimental data to understand how customers respond to different options. This is an opportunity for a high-energy, individual to work with Amazon’s world-class data to develop approaches that have a direct impact on Amazon’s global business. The pricing research group is a team of scientists and economists who design and implement the analytics powering pricing for Amazon’s on-line retail business. The team uses world-class analytics to make sure that the prices for all of Amazon’s goods and services are aligned with
-MS in Economics, Management Science, Operations Research, Statistics or other quantitative field. - 2+ years of experience in analytics - Proficiency in R, Python and/or Spark. - PhD preferred - Experience in pricing-related analytics - Experience in experimental design and validation - Research track record. - Track record in performing high-quality analysis of data - Written and verbal communication skills to convey insights and results to business partners, fellow scientists and leadership.