Economists (ML, Industrial Organization or Environmental Economics)

Auger is seeking an Economist with a PhD in economics to develop causal inference frameworks and economic models for their supply chain platform in Bellevue, WA. Responsibilities include designing methodologies for performance estimation, cost modeling, and scenario simulations, while collaborating with ML engineers to implement these methods. Candidates should have experience in econometrics, causal inference, and programming in Python. The role offers a salary of $180K–250K and includes health benefits.
Auger is the autonomous operating system for supply chains, and they are seeking an Economist to lead the development of causal inference frameworks, policy impact models, and economic scoring systems. The role involves designing methodologies for core platform capabilities and working directly with ML engineers to implement these methods in production systems.

Responsibilities
• Design the methodology behind core platform capabilities: estimating causal drivers of delivery performance; modeling the cost and carbon impact of tariff policy changes; forecasting input costs as functions of commodity prices, exchange rates, and macroeconomic conditions; and building scenario simulation tools that quantify tradeoffs across cost, risk, and sustainability
• Work directly with ML engineers to implement your methods in production systems, validate models against real customer data, and iterate based on observed outcomes
• Inform automated sourcing recommendations with causal frameworks, power interactive scenario planning tools with tariff models, and help companies meet environmental protection goals with carbon accounting methodology

Skills
• PhD in economics, with coursework in econometrics and causal inference
• Experience with causal inference methods with ML: DML or causal forests, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, synthetic control
• Strong programming skills in Python; comfort working in production codebases
• Ability to translate business questions into well-specified causal or economic frameworks
• Experience with at least one of: policy impact analysis, market structure modeling, carbon/emissions accounting, or trade economics
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to explain methodology to engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders
• Backgrounds in industrial organization (firm behavior, market structure, supply networks) and environmental economics (carbon pricing, emissions accounting, regulatory impact analysis)
• Fluency in both applied econometrics (causal methods, bayesian estimation, forecasting) and modern ML methods
• Comfortable translating academic rigor into practical systems that operate at scale

Benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Commuter benefits

Company Overview
• Auger is a logistics software startup that integrates with inventory management systems to provide insights for supply chain businesses. It was founded in 2024, and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://auger.com/.

Company H1B Sponsorship
• Auger has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 18 in 2025. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.