Matt Garman, AWS senior vice president, said the layoffs will reduce "duplication and inefficiency" as the company prepares for the future.
For its Physical Stores Technology team, the impacted roles cover a portion of AWS identity and checkout teams, according to Dilip Kumar, vice president of AWS applications.
"We've learned a lot through the launch of identity and checkout technologies in our large format Amazon Fresh stores and have good customer feedback to inform our plans going forward," Kumar said as quoted by GeekWire.
Affected employees in the United States will receive their pay and benefits for at least 60 days and will be eligible for severance payments. According to the company, they will also receive outplacement job search support.
Amazon layoffs
The company confirmed the layoffs to various news outlets on Wednesday.
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