Amazon to Expand Austin Tech Hub
Amazon is expanding its Austin Tech Hub with plans to create 800 new tech jobs in the process, which will necessitate a move into a new 145,000-square-foot office in The Domain in 2020.
AUSTIN, TX—Amazon is expanding its Austin Tech Hub and plans to create 800 new tech jobs in fields including software and hardware engineering, research science, and cloud computing. Together with its customer fulfillment facilities, Amazon has created more than 22,000 full-time jobs in Texas and since 2011, has invested more than $7 billion in the state, including infrastructure and compensation to its employees.
To accommodate the additional job creation in Austin, Amazon will expand into a new 145,000-square-foot office in The Domain, opening in 2020. Amazon’s new office will be located in Domain 10 owned by TIER REIT, which is co-developing the project with Endeavor Real Estate Group.
“In the last four years, we have created more than 1,000 jobs in Austin,” said Terry Leeper, general manager of Amazon’s Austin Tech Hub.
Amazon’s Austin Tech Hub is one of the company’s 17 North American Tech Hubs–a network of development centers in addition to Amazon’s Seattle and Northern Virginia headquarters. Together, these hubs have more than 20,000 employees who build new products and services for Amazon customers around the world. Austin-based teams primarily focus on Amazon web services, Amazon business, Amazon devices, video game design and advertising.