Amazon is delivering more jobs to Boston.
The e-commerce giant announced on Tuesday a major expansion of its tech operations in the city, adding 3,000 jobs over the next few years in a 630,000-square-foot office to be built in the Seaport District. It will go up alongside a building under construction and expected to open early next year that will house 2,000 Amazon engineers, software developers, and other employees.
The rapid expansion by the Seattle company represents an enormous investment in talent and brick-and-mortar space in Boston at a time when some tech firms are shrinking offices and going remote. But for Amazon ― which would have nearly 7,000 employees in Boston and Cambridge when the buildings are fully occupied ― having a major physical presence here will help it innovate and grow, said Rohit Prasad, a Boston-based vice president at Amazon. – Boston Globe