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JOB TITLE: Research Scientist - Economist
The Research Scientist - Economist joins the Office of the Chief Economist within the Monetization and Business Planning group. This role involves working closely with the Chief Economist and a team of data scientists on high-impact projects. Responsibilities include driving an independent research agenda and collaborating on topics such as advertising effectiveness, media economics, market design, electricity, cloud marketplaces, search auctions, optimal pricing contracts, retail product competition, scalable demand estimation, structural demand estimation, machine learning for prediction and causal inference, optimal capacity investment, and the economics of subscriptions. Candidates must possess skills in R or Python, including data manipulation tools like dplyr, pandas, and polars. Required expertise includes standard econometric methods for small and big data, including difference in differences, matching, synthetic control, and double machine learning.
Python
R
SQL
Causal Inference
Machine Learning
Econometrics
Difference-in-Differences
Synthetic Control
RDD
Feature Engineering
Data Ingestion
Model Validation
AI Tools
data-governance
Generative AI
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Natural Language Processing
Diffusion Models
Large Language Models
Multimodal Foundation Models
Video Generation
Video Editing
Machine Learning
Digital Signal Processing
Estimation Theory
Controls
Numerical Analysis
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
Optimization
Scientific Computing
Agile