Report: Amazon plans big Austin office

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Michael Theis

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Amazon.com plans to open a major office in Austin, according to a report in the Austin American-Statesman.

The report, based on unnamed sources in the local real estate scene, said that the company could be bringing up to 250 tech jobs to work in a 76,000-square-foot office at Domain 7 at 11501 Alterra Parkway, but that a lease has not yet been signed. Once the ink is dry on the contract, according to the paper, Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) could open the new Austin office by the middle of 2015.

Seattle-based Amazon's interest in the Austin-area workforce is not new. It already has a small office in the area, and in April a report from technology industry news website Gigaom.com detailed how the company was beefing up its microprocessor design office in Austin, hiring many former workers from now-shuttered local chipmaker Calxeda Inc.

There are more than 20 Austin-area job openings that Amazon currently is hiring for in Austin. Job titles range from software development engineer to CPU architects to technical recruiters.

Michael Theis is the Austin Business Journal's digital editor.