Kara Carlson of The Austin American Statesman reports that online retailer Amazon has plans to add over 600 tech-focused jobs to central Texas.

The company recently expanded it's North Austin tech crew with an 800 hiring expansion announcement in March. An additional 300 part-time and full-time employees were hired in June at the brand new delivery station in Austin.

The new tech positions included software developers who would work on the Alexa app. (just a friendly reminder you can listen to the station on Alexa)

Amazon is one of the richest companies in the world with a market value close to $900 billion. With multiple offices and warehouses in Austin and San Marcos central Texas is becoming the center of the world, where every large organization wants to be.

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