Amazon layoffs hit software engineers hardest in its home state; here’s what filing with Employment Security Department says

Software development engineers represent the biggest group hit by Amazon’s newest layoffs in the company’s Home state — Washington. According to a GeekWire report, citing a fresh filing with the Washington Employment Security Department, Amazon plans to cut 2,303 corporate jobs in the state — primarily in Seattle and Bellevue — as part of a global reduction affecting roughly 14,000 employees announced the same day.

The state’s detailed breakdown shows over 600 software development engineering positions among those eliminated, accounting for more than a quarter of the Washington total.