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February 1, 2021 - July 31, 2021

Kuaishou Technology

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Economist

JOE ID Number: 2021-01_111466621
Date Posted: 03/03/2021
Date Inactive: 07/31/2021
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Beijing, Beijing, CHINA
JEL Classification: 00 -- 00 - Default: Any Field
Keywords:
attention economics
network economics
platform economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Economist (Beijing, China)

[Job Responsibility]
The Economist team at Kuaishou works primarily with senior executives and business leaders from teams including short-video, live-streaming, e-commerce, user growth, entertainment, marketing, on questions that help shape company strategy and product roadmaps. We approach real-world questions with the lens of Economics and solve them with advanced methodology in Econometrics, Machine Learning, and Social Science.

As an Economist, you will answer complex business questions by practicing your academic training, with access to enormous amount of data and industry leading analytic tools. Most importantly, your work will directly impact how site-wide traffic should be allocated, how the company consumes marketing spends, how to causally evaluate business impacts in various scenarios, etc.

[Job Requirements]
1. PhD in Economics, Operations Research, Statistics, Quantitative Marketing or closely related fields
2. Ability to quickly convert a real business requirement into a solvable modeling problem, synthesize relevant insights from literature and experience
3. Interest in working in a fast-paced environment
4. Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
5. Familiar with Python, SQL and/or other programming languages
6. Proficient in Mandarin, native preferred

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 07/31/2021
Application Instructions:
Please send the following application materials to all 3 of the email addresses
yangmiaoyu @ kuaishou.com
yangjiaqi03 @ kuaishou.com
jinyaran @ kuaishou.com

1. CV
2. Cover letter
3. One of your most recent, single authored academic talk or work project slides