(WWJ) The Help Wanted sign is out at Amazon's tech hub in downtown Detroit.
The retail giant announced Monday morning it is looking to expand its hubs and create 3,500 new jobs in six cities, including 100 in Detroit.
Amazon says it acquired 25,000 more square feet of space in its office building on West Jefferson, which will be used for the additional workers.
Not interested yet? You may be after this. The pay is about $150,000 a year for these tech hub positions.
In addition to Detroit, Tech Hub expansions are also planned in Dallas, Denver, New York, Phoenix and San Diego.
Amazon says it has invested more than $2.5 billion in the state of Michigan since 2010 and employs more than 13,000 workers across the state
“People from all walks of life come to Amazon to develop their career – from recent graduates looking for a place to turn their ideas into high-impact products, to veterans accessing new jobs in cloud computing thanks to our upskilling programs,” said Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Amazon, in a press release. “These 3,500 new jobs will be in cities across the country with strong and diverse talent pools. We look forward to helping these communities grow their emerging tech workforce.”
Teams in these cities will support various businesses across Amazon, including AWS, Alexa, Amazon Advertising, Amazon Fashion, OpsTech and Amazon Fresh, among others. The company expects to hire for a variety of roles, from cloud infrastructure architects and software engineers to data scientists, product managers, and user experience designers.
While it's often dogged for low pay, high stress and a massive workload on individual workers, Amazon says that since 2010, the company has directly created more than 600,000 jobs in the U.S, and invested more than $350 billion across more than 40 states, including infrastructure and compensation. We estimate that Amazon’s direct investments have contributed an additional $315 billion to the U.S economy over the last decade and supported more than 780,000 jobs on top of the company’s direct hires in industries like construction, logistics or professional services.
To apply for a job at Amazon, visit www.amazon.jobs.