Seattle technical recruiting startup Karat ranked the top cities around the world for hiring the best software engineers, and Seattle ranks at or near the top in two different categories,… Read More
Amazon ended the fourth quarter with 1,525,000 employees, up by 25,000 people from the third quarter but down 1% from a year ago, and still well below its peak of… Read More
With ping-pong and pool tables, an open floorplan, a fully stocked breakroom, and dedicated spaces for collaboration and quiet contemplation, JPMorgan Chase’s engineering center in Seattle feels like a time… Read More
TikTok is looking to aggressively grow its employee footprint in the Seattle area as the social media video app takes on Amazon for e-commerce shoppers, according to a report Thursday… Read More
A London-based artificial intelligence researcher who accepted a role as an applied scientist with Amazon in May 2022 says he went through an eight-month U.S. visa process and relocated to… Read More
GeekWire is expanding with the launch of a new business unit focused on technical recruiting, led by respected Seattle entrepreneur Jason Greer, a technical recruiting veteran who previously co-founded software… Read More
Amazon’s direct workforce declined by 99,000 employees from the first to the second quarter, to 1.52 million people, the largest sequential drop in its history, after overstaffing its warehouses to… Read More
Microsoft is pulling open job roles as tech companies slow hiring in response to economic uncertainty. Bloomberg first reported the news, noting that the hiring cuts will impact the company’s… Read More
Microsoft will get more cautious about hiring in its Windows and Office divisions, including its Microsoft Teams group, in the latest sign of companies reassessing their growth plans in response… Read More
In addition to the usual questions about pay and benefits and culture and so on, a climate of economic uncertainty in the tech sector should have job seekers asking tougher… Read More
Concerns about an economic slowdown, fueled by factors including inflation and a declining stock market, are starting to be felt by individual tech job seekers as some companies start to… Read More
Walmart announced a big push Tuesday to expand its Global Tech team by more than 5,000 employees, with nearly 200 of those jobs planned for Seattle, where the retailer established… Read More
The average tech worker in Seattle makes $158,000, a 4.6% increase from last year, according to new data from jobs site Hired. Seattle commands the second-highest average tech salary in… Read More
Amazon is looking to fill 40,000 corporate and tech jobs across more than 220 locations in the United States, the company announced Wednesday, as CEO Andy Jassy said the tech… Read More
Amazon’s direct workforce rose by 500,000 people in 2020 — that’s half a million people — to nearly 1.3 million employees. The extraordinary hiring, supporting the rapid expansion of Amazon’s… Read More
Zillow Group plans to grow its employee base by 40% this year, adding more than 2,000 workers across the country as part of its new distributed workforce model. The hiring… Read More
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery footprint is expanding in the Seattle area as the tech giant confirmed it is opening two new Amazon Fresh grocery stores. Amazon said in a news release… Read More
Amazon says it will hire another 100,000 seasonal workers this year, bolstering its fulfilment and distribution operations for a holiday season like no other, as a new wave of COVID-19… Read More
Amazon plans to hire an additional 100,000 full- and part-time workers across its operations network in the U.S. and Canada to help keep up with the surging demand for its… Read More
Even with the ongoing economic and health crisis, a majority of Seattle’s tech companies are still hiring. That’s one takeaway from the Seattle Startup Hiring Tracker, a new list that… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. COVID-19 has upended the tech startup hiring market: There used to be more jobs than talent, but the situation… Read More
Document engineering startup Docugami has doubled its team to 20 people since raising a $10 million funding round in early February. Jean Paoli, the company’s CEO and co-founder, has met… Read More
Amazon plans to hire 200,000 seasonal workers this year, twice as many as last year, suggesting that it expects a strong holiday shopping season. Much of the hiring will take… Read More
Amazon’s headcount around the globe now exceeds three quarters of a million people, a major hiring milestone for the second biggest employer in the U.S. Amazon finished the third quarter… Read More
Amazon is hosting a ‘Career Day’ on Tuesday across six cities — Seattle, Arlington, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Nashville — in a bid to fill more than 30,000 job openings.… Read More
LinkedIn can be a valuable resource for hiring managers sourcing potential candidates. But oftentimes it isn’t enough — and that’s where SeekOut is stepping in. The Seattle-area startup today announced… Read More
Textio, a Seattle startup that helps companies write better job listings, today introduced a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to speed up the writing process. Textio Flow allows business… Read More
Amazon is hiring 800 new tech workers in Austin and expanding into a new 145,000-square foot office in the Texas city. On Thursday, the company announced plans to grow its… Read More
As the United States cracks down on employment-based immigration programs, Canada has been aggressively marketing itself as a friendly alternative for tech companies seeking international talent in the nation’s quest… Read More
Facebook’s dizzying growth all over the Seattle area continues unabated, and now the social media giant’s regional presence is up to 3,000 employees, with hundreds more jobs waiting to be… Read More