E-commerce, logistics and AWS — the largest public cloud provider.
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.