On May 11, 2017, Nikol Szymul manned a reception desk at Amazon offices in a building called Fiona in downtown Seattle, Washington.
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Amazon plans to create 3,000 jobs and open a new office in Boston, the company announced Tuesday.
The new jobs – which are expected to focus on software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, management, HR and finance – will support its Amazon Web Services, robotics, Alexa and emerging Amazon Pharmacy teams. Amazon expects to add the posts in the coming years.
Amazon said it had rented a 17-story office tower in the Seaport district of Boston to offer the new rental. The 630,000-square-foot office, which will be completed in 2024, will include workspace, innovation labs and mixed-use common spaces for employees, as well as two theaters and other spaces for the public.
The expansion builds on Amazon’s growing presence in Boston. In 2018, Amazon said it would create 2,000 jobs in Boston and announced it would rent a separate 17-story mixed-use building in the Seaport district. Construction on the tower is expected to be completed this year.
Amazon rented at unprecedented levels during the pandemic, and it was wrestled with an increase in demand for e-commerce.
The company added more than 400,000 employees in 2020, pushing its global workforce to more than 1 million. Last year, Amazon announced it would add thousands of jobs at tech hubs in major cities, including New York, Detroit and San Diego.