Key Takeaways

• Amazon cut up to 250 jobs in its Devices & Services unit on Wednesday, mostly in software development, according to a person familiar with the matter.
• The cuts come after a run of fall product launches. [Confirm and link launch coverage: Kindles, Fire tablets, Alexa photo frame and alarm clock.]
• They follow cuts of fewer than 1,000 corporate roles in Amazon’s Stores division earlier this month.

Amazon eliminated roles in its Devices & Services division on Wednesday, October 28, weeks after a busy stretch of product launches. The company did not give a number. A person familiar with the matter said the cuts affected no more than 250 jobs, primarily in software development.

“We’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles to operate more efficiently and better align with our product roadmap,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. [Verify exact wording against Amazon’s statement.]

Cuts follow product rollouts

Devices & Services oversees products including Alexa, Kindle, Echo and Fire tablets. [Confirm and describe recent launches here, with a source.]

Second round of corporate cuts this month

The reductions follow cuts of fewer than 1,000 white-collar jobs, mainly in Amazon’s Stores division, reported October 6–7. Those hit customer service, marketplace support and engineering roles in the U.S., U.K. and India, according to Reuters. Amazon described that round as “a small number of roles” and did not publish a total.

Together, these rounds come on top of roughly 30,000 corporate cuts Amazon announced in October 2025 and January 2026.

• Division: Devices & Services
• Roles cut: Up to 250, per a person familiar with the matter; Amazon did not confirm a number
• Most affected: Software development
• Earlier this month: Fewer than 1,000 corporate roles, mainly in Stores
• Earnings: Q3 results Thursday, October 29, call at 5:00 p.m. ET

What to watch

Amazon reports third-quarter results Thursday after the market closes.

Sources: Reuters (via Fox Business), Business Insider, Amazon investor relations.