Amazon
Announced: May 30 2016
| No of jobs: | 500 |
|---|---|
| Job title: | technicians, software engineers and customer support staff, |
| Jobs take effect: | over 2 years |
About Amazon
Website: http://www.amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc., often referred to as simply Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States
May trade as :Amazon Data Services Ireland Ltd
https://www.facebook.com/AmazonDataServicesIreland/
The highly-skilled positions across a wide range of technical areas will be based in Dublin, and recruitment has already begun.
Amazon already employs 1,700 people at a number of locations in Dublin and Cork.
Amazon :"Ireland's got a very creative culture and we're also a member of the European Union so there's a large talent pool we can pull from here".
"Secondly the infastructure that we have in the country is very suitable for what we need to do. Connectivity is very important to us.
"The transatlantic cables that connect North America and Europe terminate here in Ireland. There's good access to renewable energy."