E-commerce, logistics and AWS — the largest public cloud provider.
Amazon operates the largest e-commerce marketplace in North America, a global logistics network, an advertising business and AWS. AWS remains the profit engine and is the primary competitive counterweight to Azure and Google Cloud in AI infrastructure.
Open roles fell from 7,505 to 6,890 over the trailing 30 days. The pullback is concentrated in software engineer postings.
Falling postings tend to precede a hiring freeze rather than follow one.
Reductions were confirmed across parts of devices, advertising operations and retail support functions. AWS was described as unaffected.
Corporate reductions at Amazon historically precede a hiring pause in the same orgs.
Median posted compensation for applied scientist roles moved from about $218K to $243K across 890 observed postings and reports.
Pay moving this fast usually signals a supply shortage rather than a general raise.