{"id":794792,"date":"2024-10-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=794792"},"modified":"2024-10-10T09:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T07:30:14","slug":"amazon-is-hiring-for-100-jobs-in-south-africa-here-is-where-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/794792\/amazon-is-hiring-for-100-jobs-in-south-africa-here-is-where-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon is hiring for 100 jobs in South Africa \u2013 here is where to apply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amazon is looking for 102 South Africans to join the company. The jobs available range from customer service and marketing to developers and support engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon is best known as a global eCommerce giant with online stores in countries worldwide. It dominates online shopping globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the company is also a technology giant. Its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform is a rapidly growing part of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unbeknownst to many, Amazon Web Services has\u00a0roots in South Africa and has been present in the country for two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2004, Amazon Web Services (AWS) established a development centre in Cape Town under the guidance of South African Chris Pinkham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinkham was well-known in South Africa\u2019s tech circles for founding the first commercial ISP in 1993 \u2013 The Internetworking Company of Southern Africa (Ticsa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late 2003, Pinkham and his colleague Benjamin Black presented an internal paper that shared a vision for Amazon\u2019s retail computing infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He received approval to return to South Africa and hire engineers from the Cape Town community to work on the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe did that in late 2004 or early 2005. We had our first engineers on board in the Constantia area in Cape Town,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the genesis of Amazon\u2019s presence in South Africa and the team that worked on developing EC2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It grew its local presence in 2010 when it opened customer service operations in Cape Town. This division now employs thousands of individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another positive development in South Africa was the launch of the Amazon marketplace earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon\u2019s South African marketplace allows local shoppers door-to-door delivery or one of 3,000 pickup points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon has partnered with Pargo and The Courier Guy to meet local delivery and logistics needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M&G Investments equity analyst Damon Buss said Amazon\u2019s ability to offer a vastly superior range of products to its competitors gives it an edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that this is one reason why Amazon became the dominant player in many of its markets, and South Africa will be no different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Amazon started conservatively, it is gradually ramping up its eCommerce activities in South Africa and is starting to gain market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon hiring in South Africa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the newly launched Amazon South Africa marketplace dominate its hiring activities in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is seeking 34 operations, IT, and support engineers and 16 software developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These technical positions are mainly based in Cape Town, the country’s headquarters for its cloud services division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon is also looking for a large number of non-technical staff, including marketing professionals and sales, advertising, and account managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These non-technical positions at Amazon in South Africa are split between Cape Town and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also numerous positions in customer service, human resources, training, and leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company also strongly focuses on data analytics and is looking for professionals with skills in business intelligence, research science, and machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africans looking to apply for positions at Amazon in South Africa can use this link: <\/p>\n\n\n\n