Online bookseller Amazon is about to create 2,500 new staff in the UK as part of its move to hire 55,000 new staff to technology and corporate roles globally,
Andy Jassy, who took over from Jeff Bezos in July, highlighted the growth of cloud and Project Kuiper, the firm’s initiative to launch satellites into space to improve broadband access, as two areas that would need more staff.
The bulk of the positions will be in the US, where the firm plans to create 40,000 roles, while about 2,500 will be created in the UK, according to the Guardian.
It also reports that Amazon will hire the new UK staff for its offices in London and Manchester, as well as its “tech hubs” in Cambridge and Edinburgh.
