Amazon HQ1
Amazon’s West Coast headquarters are located in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. The Puget Sound has more than 4 million people and a rich diversity of cities, towns, and neighborhoods with lots to offer.
Seattle and Bellevue campuses
As much as Amazon has grown, it’s always been important for us to call the Puget Sound region our home. We moved into South Lake Union in Seattle more than ten years ago, and since 2017, we’ve been growing our presence in Bellevue, just a 15-minute drive away. With more than 11,000 employees now working in Bellevue, and with plans to bring 25,000 jobs here in the next few years, it’s where we’re focusing our next phase of growth in the region.
As we started growing our footprint here, our goal was to integrate both our employees and our buildings into the fabric of the community, supporting vibrant 18-hour districts where people can live, work, dine, shop, and play. Our urban campuses span more than 15 million square feet and more than 50 buildings.
The Spheres
Located on our Seattle campus, the Spheres have become an iconic destination. People have an innate connection to nature, which is often lost in the urban environment. The Spheres were created to reconnect people to nature through biophilic design and provide a space to take in the positive effects of exposure to nature, like increasing creativity and reducing mental fatigue.
With more than 1,000 plant species, 40,000 individual plants, aquariums, a cafe, and ample seating and meeting areas located across four floors, the Spheres are a popular destination for our employees to collaborate with teammates or simply relax and recharge.
Dogs at work
The Dogs at Work (DAW) program is an employee benefit administered by Amazon Global Real Estate & Facilities (GREF) in collaboration with Amazon Human Resources. Offered at select corporate sites throughout North America, the program supports Amazonians bringing their dogs to work in a safe way.
Three parks—Cascade Park and Playground, Denny Park and Lake Union Park—are located within walking distance of the Seattle campus.
Employee community
Amazon has 13 affinity groups, also known as employee resource groups, which bring Amazon employees together across businesses and locations around the world. Some examples include the Black Employee Network (BEN), Amazon Women in Engineering (AWE), and Indigenous at Amazon.
There are also many informal employee social groups. Seattle and Bellevue are prime locations in the Pacific Northwest with access to hiking, biking, kayaking, paddle boarding, and much more. Puget Sound employees can join Outdoors at Amazon, a group that organizes inclusive outdoor adventures.
