Nikol Szymul works at the front desk at Amazon’s offices discreetly located in a building called Fiona in downtown Seattle, Washington, on May 11, 2017.
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Amazon plans to create 3,000 jobs and open a new office in Boston, the company announced on Tuesday.
The new hires – with a focus on software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, management, HR and finance – will support the Amazon Web Services, robotics, Alexa and emerging Amazon Pharmacy teams. Amazon hopes to add jobs in the coming years.
Amazon said it rented a 17-story office tower in Boston’s Seaport district to accommodate new hires. The 630,000-square-foot office, due to be completed in 2024, will have work space, innovation labs and common areas for employees to use, as well as two theaters and other spaces for the public.
The expansion is based on Amazon’s growing presence in Boston. In 2018, Amazon said it would create 2,000 jobs in Boston and announced that it would rent a separate 17-story mixed-use building in the Seaport district. The construction of the tower is expected to be completed this year.
Amazon has been contracting at unprecedented levels during the pandemic, driven by an increase in e-commerce demand, as home buyers turn to online retailers to buy essential and non-essential products.
The company added more than 400,000 employees in 2020, bringing its global workforce to over 1 million. Last year, Amazon announced that it will add thousands of jobs at technology centers in major cities, including New York, Detroit and San Diego.