Amazon is cutting 121 jobs in Washington state, according to a new state regulatory filing on Monday, hitting corporate tech teams in Bellevue and Seattle as well as fulfillment operations in Sumner.
The largest single concentration of cuts is at the SEA106 building in Bellevue, where 49 employees — ranging from entry-level software development engineers and applied scientists to a vice president of legal and senior software managers — were notified.
In Seattle, impacted positions span multiple downtown office buildings and include roles such as a director of human resources, product managers, and technical writers.
Beyond corporate offices, 32 positions were cut at the BFI1 fulfillment center in Sumner, affecting warehouse associates, service technicians, and safety specialists.
“Teams across the company regularly review their structures to ensure they’re best set up to deliver on their goals,” Brad Glasser, an Amazon spokesperson, told GeekWire via email. “As part of these reviews, teams sometimes determine that certain roles are no longer necessary. We don’t take these decisions lightly, and we’re always committed to supporting employees whose roles are impacted by them.”
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the state’s Employment Security Department says impacted employees were notified between July 1 and July 29 and terminations will be effective between Oct. 1 and Oct. 27.
Amazon says it provided 90 days of advance notice, during which affected workers can apply for open internal transfer positions before separations become final.
Amazon employs roughly 50,000 corporate and tech workers in the Puget Sound region, divided between its primary headquarters in Seattle and its growing operational footprint in Bellevue. Across Washington state, the company employs more than 80,000 total workers across corporate offices, data centers, and fulfillment hubs.
Earlier this summer, Amazon cut 57 jobs in Washington. Those layoffs followed cuts of 2,198 Washington-based employees in February and 2,303 in October 2025.
The previous larger cuts were part of an effort to “reduce layers, increase ownership, and remove bureaucracy,” according to a memo sent to employees.
A number of layoffs across the tech sector have impacted Washington employees in recent months, including at Microsoft, Zillow, Meta, Google, T-Mobile, Salesforce, Starbucks, TikTok, Qualtrics and elsewhere.
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