Senior Applied Economist, Causal Inference & Forecasting
Posted
$121,500 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Uplevel existing forecasting pipelines (currently built on Prophet) by integrating econometric rigor to improve accuracy and provide probabilistic forecasting for risk management.
- Design and execute experimental and quasi-experimental frameworks to identify business levers, answering critical questions regarding price elasticity, product feature attribution, and ROI of sales incentives.
- Partner with Sales and Account Management to create data-driven frameworks for pricing and customer retention, translating complex causal models into actionable blueprints for go-to-market teams.
- Work hands-on within ML infrastructure, writing production-quality Python code to deploy models into AWS and Snowflake-based ecosystem for automation and scalability.
- Act as the subject matter expert on economic literature and methodology, translating technical findings into strategic recommendations for executive leadership.
Benefits
- Learning Budget
Culture
Cross-Functional TeamsFast-PacedCustomer-Obsessed
Requirements
Required: Masters in Economics, Statistics, or related quantitative field
Preferred: PhD in Economics, Statistics, or related quantitative field
Regions: Us
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About Navan
Industry: travel
Size: enterprise
Navan is seeking a Senior Backend Platform Developer to modernize its contact center systems by designing APIs, serverless services, data flows, and AI-enabled workflows to improve customer and agent experiences. The role focuses on building production systems and integrating complex platforms with a strong emphasis on quality and rapid development using AI-assisted engineering tools.
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Base salary: $121,500 USD
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