Economist II, Featured Merchant Algorithm

Description

Do you ever struggle to explain your work? How's this: "Do you shop at Amazon? Do you know that box that says 'Add

to Cart' and shows a price? Our team owns the model which picks that offer and the customer experience around the

display of the offer price and the elements surrounding the 'Add to Cart' button which inform a purchase decision.

We pick and display offers several billion times a day across all surfaces (mobile app, mobile web, desktop, Alexa

shopping) worldwide.

" The mission of the Amazon Buying Experience organization is to be the world’s first and most

trusted choice for every customer on earth to discover and evaluate any product or service.

Our team blends machine learning models to rank and select the best offer from the most trusted merchant for all

products sold on Amazon along with a world-class front-end user experience for offer comparison to our global

customers. We are responsible for the experiences and services that enable developers, including our own, to create

tailored shopping experiences for every customer, product, business and marketplace offered by Amazon. We build

scalable and extensible frameworks which allow for many teams at Amazon to innovate within the Offers Experience

in a federated manner. If you are passionate about influencing and delivering the next-generation Amazon customer

buying experience, we want to meet you.

We are looking for an Economist to join one of the most impactful and visible teams in Amazon.

In this role you will work with business stakeholders throughout Amazon and provide technical direction and

business expertise to strategize and help launch new businesses and features for our customers. You will use data to

justify customer friendly decisions and present customer and financial impact of the changes we make to our

stakeholders. You will work closely with other economists, engineers, product managers, applied scientists, TPMs, managers, and senior

leadership team to understand and drive business impact. Successful candidates will have experience working on

multiple projects with different stakeholders, make data driven decisions, have strong communication skills to

interact with executives, non-technical and technical individuals and have a high technical bar along with a passion

for people and project management. This is an opportunity to work with a team that drives one of the most coveted

real estate in the E-commerce, the Amazon ‘Buy Box’ on Amazon Product Detail Page, Amazon Search Page , multiple

buying widgets etc. on the Amazon desktop, mobile and tablet environments.

Today, millions of third party sellers offer products alongside Amazon Retail though the Amazon Marketplace and

compete to be featured on the ‘Add to Cart’ button (aka the ‘Buy Box’) on Amazon’s most valuable retail real estate –

the Product Detail Page referenced above. The Featured Merchant Algorithm (FMA) teams owns the Tier – I systems

and Machine Learning algorithms that selects the offer to be featured on the Buy Box and on Amazon Search Pages.

The team’s mission is to ensure that the featured offer provides the best possible customer value based on factors

including price, availability, delivery options and customer service. The Amazon ‘Buy Box’ is arguably the most valued

real estate in the E-commerce world and we are looking for strong leaders to continue innovating for this customer

facing functionality. We are looking for an Economist to join one of the most impactful and

visible teams in Amazon. In this role you will work with business stakeholders throughout Amazon and provide

technical direction and business expertise to strategize and help launch new businesses and features for our

customers. You will use data to justify customer friendly decisions and present customer and financial impact of the

changes we make to our stakeholders. You will work closely with other economists, engineers, product managers, applied scientists,

TPMs, managers, and senior leadership team to understand and drive business impact.

• PhD in economics or equivalent

• 2+ years of industry, consulting, government, or academic…