New tech and corporate hires will support AWS, Alexa, advertising, retail and operations tech teams
TORONTO — Amazon announced today it plans to hire 1,800 new corporate and technology employees at its Canadian offices in 2021, including at its Vancouver and Toronto tech hubs.
The new hires will support teams across Amazon, including AWS (Amazon Web Services), Alexa, Amazon advertising, and retail and operations technology, says the company’s press release.
Currently, more than 1,500 positions are open on amazon.jobs for software development managers, senior software development managers, software development engineers, senior software development engineers, data engineers, program managers, cloud computing solutions architects, sales and marketing executives, and more. Links to the various job positions can be found in the press release here.
Amazon also said it has introduced a new recruiting tool that helps job candidates to find their “best fit” at Amazon. Candidates interested in software engineering jobs at Amazon only have to apply once and are automatically considered for positions in this field across many teams within the company, says the release.
Candidates looking for a one-stop resource for software development engineer jobs at AWS can visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/teams/aws-software-development-engineer.
In Canada, Amazon currently employs more than 23,000 full- and part-time employees at the company’s fulfilment centres, corporate offices, development centres and other facilities in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Between 2010 and 2019, Amazon invested more than $11 billion in Canada, including infrastructure and compensation to employees, says the release.
