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Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $300,000–$300,000🗓 2026-04-01 → 2026-07-31

Core

Build macroeconomic models of transformative AI and develop scenario-based forecasting tools for GDP, productivity, and unemployment.

Role type

Senior research economist (macroeconomics & AI)

Builds

Scenario-based forecasting tools and AI-powered research tools for economics

Domain

Macroeconomics, growth theory, and AI impact on labor markets

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | research

Required skills

Macroeconomic modeling, structural estimation, scenario-based forecasting, task-based approaches to technological change, computational methods, agent-based modeling, Python, Julia

Preferred skills

Large-scale simulation, income distribution analysis, using LLMs in research workflow

Technologies

Python, Julia

Responsibilities

Build macroeconomic models of transformative AI spanning growth, labor markets, and income distribution; Develop and maintain scenario-based forecasting tools; Ground macroeconomic projections in microeconomic data from the Anthropic Economic Index; Analyze questions of income distribution and economic governance under transformative-AI scenarios; Contribute to the development of AI-powered research tools for economics; Build and maintain relationships with academic institutions, policy think tanks, and other research partners

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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