Economist I, Capacity Economics, AWS Central Economics & Science

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, most importantly, will be eager to learn new methods where applicable. The ideal candidate should be a problem-solver first, with an ability to bring theoretical frameworks to real-world business problems, working backwards from the business problem rather than from any particular solution method.

In this role, 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, and will have the freedom to propose, explore, and deliver on a wide variety of projects that emerge from your research.

Our team functions like a start-up within the AWS ecosystem-we have the freedom to identify greenfield problems that other economists have not explored yet, and build trust with the business through delivering valuable insights and policy changes. Most importantly, we solve problems at a massive scale and do it in a collaborative, curious, supportive, and fun environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Become a subject-matter expert in various areas of infrastructure, cost management, and transfer pricing.
• Deliver insights that leads 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.