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InstacartInstacartUnited States

Machine Learning PhD Intern, Economics

PhD intern on Instacart's Economics team building ML solutions at the intersection of economics and machine learning. Requires causal inference expertise, Python/R, and SQL/Pandas fluency.

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RemoteEntry levelML Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design and build end-to-end machine learning solutions
  • Work in small, cross-functional product teams with opportunities for growth and project ownership
  • Actively participate in an internal community of economists, data scientists, operations research scientists, and machine learning engineers
  • Develop high-impact solutions to support Instacart's growth plans
  • Work closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders from problem understanding through solution recommendation and controlled experiment testing
  • Suggest and drive organization-wide initiatives

Requirements

  • Current or recently graduated PhD student in economics or related field (marketing, finance, operations research) with focus on data-intensive problems
  • Blend of economic theory, applied econometrics, and business acumen
  • Expertise in causal inference with observational and experimental data
  • Expertise in Python or R
  • Fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and machine learning tools (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow)
  • Self-motivation and strong sense of ownership

Nice-to-Haves

  • Research experience in computationally intensive empirical topics
  • Exposure to machine learning coursework and applications

Skills

PythonRSQLpandasscikit-learnXgboostKerasTensorFlowCausal InferenceEconometrics

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