This would be great for the city:

Amazon.com appears to be in the early stages of trying to create a
software
development center in Detroit, according to two job listings from the Internet retailer.

Having a high-tech Amazon presence in Detroit would be a huge boost for efforts to transform the long-battered city into a tech hub. It would also provide new ammunition for brick-and-mortar retailers in the state who have been pushing for sales
taxes
to be collected on online purchases made at Amazon and other Internet shopping sites.

Amazon's corporate website features a job opening for a software development engineer based in Detroit, where it currently does not operate any offices.

Another job posting found on Twitter.com also states that Amazon is looking for a software development engineer "to be a part of a unique opportunity to join the seller experience team in building an Amazon Development Center in Detroit."


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