Nikol Szymul has a reception at Amazon’s offices, discreetly hidden 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.
New hires – expected to focus on software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, management, human resources and finance – will support Amazon Web services, robotics, Alexa and Amazon Pharmacy teams. Amazon expects to add jobs in the next few years.
Amazon said it rented a 17-story office tower in Boston’s Seaport district to house the new hires. The 630,000-square-foot office, to be completed in 2024, will include workspaces, innovation labs and mixed-use common areas for employees, as well as two theaters and other public spaces.
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 Seaport County. The construction of the tower is expected to be completed this year.
Amazon hired at unprecedented levels during the pandemic, fueled by rising e-commerce demand, while home-based shoppers turned to online retailers for both essential and non-essential goods.
The company added more than 400,000 employees in 2020, pushing the global workforce to more than 1 million. Last year, Amazon announced it would add thousands of jobs to technology centers in major cities, including New York, Detroit and San Diego.