X

Amazon hiring 2K workers for Alexa, drone projects

The e-commerce giant is hiring engineers, data scientists and other workers in the UK.

Abrar Al-Heeti Technology Reporter
Abrar Al-Heeti is a technology reporter for CNET, with an interest in phones, streaming, internet trends, entertainment, pop culture and digital accessibility. She's also worked for CNET's video, culture and news teams. She graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Though Illinois is home, she now loves San Francisco -- steep inclines and all.
Expertise Abrar has spent her career at CNET analyzing tech trends while also writing news, reviews and commentaries across mobile, streaming and online culture. Credentials
  • Named a Tech Media Trailblazer by the Consumer Technology Association in 2019, a winner of SPJ NorCal's Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2022 and has three times been a finalist in the LA Press Club's National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards.
See full bio
Abrar Al-Heeti
amazon-logo-1

Amazon is expanding its UK workforce.

 Ben Fox Rubin/CNET

Amazon wants to hire 2,000 workers in the UK for its newest technology ventures, the company said Wednesday. The jobs include software developers, engineers and data scientists.

The e-commerce giant will have around 30,000 workers in the UK by the end of the year, including cloud and machine learning experts and delivery workers. Amazon's development centers in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, which are focused on tech like Alexa and Prime Air drone delivery, will get 170 new workers. 

Some workers will also help teams working on Amazon Video and Amazon Web Services.

Watch this: As Amazon pushes into AI smarts, worries about job losses grow

First published July 3.
Update, July 8: Adds confirmation from Amazon.