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Layoffs
Layoffs
Amazon confirmed it is laying off some employees in its AGI unit, including staff in model customization and post-training. The company declined to say how many were affected.
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Retail Books and Printed News
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33,065open roles+10%vs last week
Is Amazon hiring?
Yes. As of October 16, 2026, Amazon has 33,065 open roles on Metaintro. 9,937 were posted in the last 30 days.
Open roles
Newest first. Pay shown when the posting lists it.
RoleLocationSetupPayPosted
- Quality Specialist - Telugu, AGI Data Services - QualityQuality AssuranceHyderabad · On-siteHyderabadOn-site—today
- Site Leader, 1DCOperations ManagementMahanoy City · On-site · $134.7K – $182.2K/yrMahanoy CityOn-site$134.7K – $182.2K/yrtoday
- Software Development Engineer II, AWS CatalogDeveloperBellevue · On-site · $143.7K – $194.4K/yrBellevueOn-site$143.7K – $194.4K/yrtoday
- Communications Manager, Small Business Empowerment, Selling Partner Services CommunicationsMarketingSeattle · On-site · $139.5K – $188.3K/yrSeattleOn-site$139.5K – $188.3K/yrtoday
- Centralized Time Keeping Associate - Japanese Speaker (1 year contract)Human Resources/Talent AcquisitionRemote—Remote—today
- Sr. Technical Program Manager, Alexa Daily EssentialsProduct/Project ManagementSunnyvale +1 · On-site · $171K – $231.4K/yrSunnyvale +1On-site$171K – $231.4K/yrtoday
- Head of Defence Solution Architecture, ANZ Worldwide Public SectorTech GeneralCanberra +2 · On-siteCanberra +2On-site—today
- Area Manager I, Operations, Amazon LogisticsOperations ManagementMexico +1 · On-siteMexico +1On-site—today
Layoffs
Amazon announcements in the Metaintro Layoffs Tracker.
| Year | Announcements | Jobs affected |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 16,500 |
| 2025 | 4 | 14,435 |
| 2024 | 1 | Not stated |
| 2023 | 1 | 180 |
Jobs affected as stated by a source; announcements without a stated number are not counted.
Hiring pattern
How fast Amazon is adding roles, and how they're set up.
New roles each monthRoles first posted in the month
3,358
6,579
SeptemberOctober
From the Metaintro newsroom
Stories Metaintro has published about Amazon.
Showing the 12 most recent stories.
AI launches and partners
What Amazon has launched and who it works with on AI.
- LaunchSeller Assistant AI expansionAmazon is expanding Seller Assistant from a conversational tool into an operating layer that can reason across merchants’ business functions, monitor their businesses, and take action with permission.
- LaunchAI-powered searchAmazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select offers AI-powered search and helps users find shows faster with Alexa+.
- LaunchAmazon Ads AgentAmazon replaced its ad-buying and campaign-management interface with Amazon Ads Agent, integrating AI agents throughout the platform and advertiser workflows.
- HiringAI and machine-learning employee reengagementAmazon is reaching out to former AI and machine-learning employees about open roles and opportunities to return to the company.
Interviews
How Amazon describes its hiring process.
“Amazon's local, state-of-the-art delivery station facility offers an easy hiring process (no resume or interview!)”
Skills they ask for
Most frequent across open postings.
Tech stack
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront
- Analytics
- Adobe Experience Platform Launch (DTM)
- Segment
- Google Analytics 4
- Hosting
- Amazon Web Services
- Libraries
- jQuery
- Frameworks
- Phoenix
Company facts
- Headquarters
- Seattle, US
- Employees
- 10,001+
- Founded
- 1994
- Industry
- Retail Books and Printed News
- Sector (NAICS)
- Retail Trade
- Peer
- The Works
- Website
- amazon.com
Sources: Employees from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Founded from Wikidata
Roles by location
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Questions about Amazon
- Is Amazon hiring?
- Yes. As of October 16, 2026, Amazon has 33,065 open roles on Metaintro. 9,937 were posted in the last 30 days. The most are in Developer (97), Operations Management (94), and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (53).
- Has Amazon had layoffs?
- The Metaintro Layoffs Tracker lists 9 announcements for Amazon. The latest was announced on July 22, 2026. Sources report 30,715 jobs affected in total.
- Where is Amazon hiring?
- Amazon is hiring in Seattle, Arlington, New York, Austin, Bellevue, and Atlanta, with the most open roles in Seattle.
- What is the interview process at Amazon?
- Amazon describes it this way: “Amazon's local, state-of-the-art delivery station facility offers an easy hiring process (no resume or interview!)”