The filing shows that Amazon has cut 57 tech jobs in Washington state in recent weeks
Amazon has cut a total of 57 jobs in Washington state across various groups, including director roles and senior managers, according to a filing made public Monday morning.
Those affected by the cuts include 16 software engineers and product managers and creative marketing staff working in the Seattle and Bellevue offices. Nine remote workers, including investigative specialists and risk managers, have also been let go.
Workers were notified of the layoffs between May and early June, according to Amazon filings with the Department of Workforce Security, released Monday under the Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN). The roles are scheduled to expire in August.
“[W]”You filed a WARN notice because several businesses across the company made organizational changes that affected a small number of employees — in most cases fewer than five employees per business,” said Brad Glasser, an Amazon spokesman, via email.
WARN notices are triggered by state law when more than 50 Washington workers are laid off in a 30-day period.
“We do not take decisions like this lightly, and we are committed to supporting the affected employees,” added Glasser.
It’s a sign of widespread belt-tightening across the technology industry. Microsoft cut more than 600 jobs in Washington state Monday morning, part of a global layoff that eliminated 4,800 roles at the Redmond-based company, mostly in sales, consulting and gaming.
Amazon’s latest cuts follow the layoffs of 2,198 Washington workers in February and 2,303 in October 2025. Globally, the company has eliminated about 30,000 positions in the past year, including the largest layoffs in its history.
Several rounds of layoffs have led to widespread layoffs and layoffs, with software engineers the hardest hit. Business support, commercial operations, legal, tax, and ad sales positions all saw cuts, as did Amazon’s core technology organization, the gaming unit and the robotics unit.
The previous big cuts were part of an effort to “reduce layers, increase ownership, and remove control,” according to a memo sent to employees and posted online earlier this year by Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology.
Amazon has approximately 50,000 business roles in the Seattle area.
Tech giants across the country have made a round of job cuts over the past year as they pour billions into AI data center expansions and find workforce efficiencies through artificial intelligence.
Amazon reported sales of $181.5 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 17% from last year. Profits came in at $30.3 billion, boosted by gains related to the value of its investment in Anthropic.
