Responsibilities

• Leverage econometrics and ML models to optimize advertising strategies on behalf of our customers.
• Influence key business and product decisions based on insights from models you develop.
• Perform hands-on analysis and modeling with enormous data sets to develop insights that increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales without compromising shopper experience.
• Work closely with software engineers on detailed requirements to productionize the models you build.
• Run A/B experiments that affect hundreds of millions of customers, evaluate the impact of your optimizations and communicate your results to various business stakeholders.
• Work with other scientists, software developers, and product partners to implement your solutions.

Requirements

• PhD in economics or equivalent
• 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

Preferred

• 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

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)