Amazon Hiring 200 More Workers In Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — It's not a new headquarters, but Amazon has announced plans to expand its Minneapolis Tech Hub and create 200 high-tech jobs in fields including transportation technology and cloud computing.

Amazon’s Minneapolis tech hub is one of more than a dozen tech hubs nationwide that invent and build new products and services for Amazon customers. The team of researchers and engineers in Minneapolis primarily focus on transportation technology.

“Amazon is excited to create 200 new research, engineering and cloud computing jobs in Minneapolis,” Ari Silkey, General Manager of Amazon’s Minneapolis office, said in a statement.

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“We’ve found phenomenal talent here, and look forward to growing our team in our new office in the vibrant North Loop neighborhood.”

Together with its customer fulfillment facilities in Eagan and Shakopee, Amazon says it has created more than 2,000 full-time jobs in Minnesota and since 2015 invested more than $400 million into the state.

Find current job openings at Amazon in Minneapolis here.

For more tech jobs and openings in many other fields, search the local Patch Job Board.

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