- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- On-site
- Contract · Mid
Research Analysts (RAs) provide critical support by managing complex datasets; developing and running empirical and machine-learning tools for risk assessment; and maintaining data visualization tools that communicate model outputs and other analytical findings. The successful candidate will lead the data and code architecture for the unit’s risk assessment models, helping ensure continuity in the unit’s work.
Responsibilities
- Use programming and statistical or econometric techniques to import, process, consolidate, and transform datasets within and across databases.
- Design, build, document, and maintain systems that ingest and transform external and internal data series, with close attention to source definitions, transformations, and vintages.
- Analyze economic, financial, and statistical relationships in databases, identifying key data series and novel datasets.
- Develop innovative AI enhancements to the unit’s technical processes.
- Develop and maintain innovative visualization tools that clearly communicate complex, nonlinear model results to economists.
Requirements
- University degree in economics, finance, statistics, computer science, or a related field of study
- Nice to have: Experience in macroeconomic and financial crises
- Nice to have: Academic or policy-oriented economic research