JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Menlo Park, California, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: D -- Microeconomics
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Status Update: Listing has been Removed.
Full Text of JOE Listing:
Facebook seeks researchers to join the Economic Research group in the Data Science team. Our group conducts research in four key areas: core economics (e.g., forecasting and demand estimation, empirical IO), market design (e.g., auction design and analysis), behavioral economics (e.g., understanding user interaction and content production, experimental design), and networks (e.g., peer effects, networks experiments, and researching Facebook's impact on offline outcomes). The ideal candidate is an empiricist who is comfortable implementing practical and theoretically founded solutions to complex business problems.
Responsibilities
- Work cross-functionally across the company to determine and solve the largest problems facing the business through research, analysis, and innovation. Our researchers must demonstrate impact on Facebook's success.
- Answer complex business questions by applying appropriate statistical techniques to available data or designing and running experiments to gather data.
- Conduct policy simulations of the economics of our business.
- Build systems and procedures to model and organize economic data.
- Communicate findings to managers and engineers, often through succinct written research summaries.
- Draw upon expertise and experience to determine company strategy and policy.
More information can be found in our job posting on the Facebook careers page: https://www.facebook.com/careers/department?req=a0IA000000CzAekMAF. Candidates are strongly encouraged to explore Facebook's research page (https://research.facebook.com/), the Facebook Data Science page (https://www.facebook.com/data), and publications from the Data Science team (https://www.facebook.com/publications).
Applicants should send a cover letter (addressing why you are an excellent fit for this position), a resume/CV, and optionally up to one letter of reference to aea2015@fb.com. Questions and inquiries about the position may be directed to Mike Bailey (mcbailey@fb.com).
Application Requirements:
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