Amazon

Amazon.com was one of the very first online retailers, founded back in 1994 by Jeff Bezos with its official launch in 1995. Originally only an online bookstore, the company quickly widened its offerings selling Tapes, DVDs, CDs, computer software, video games, even furniture & food. Amazon is customer-centric, actually saying in their Values Statement that they are "Customer Obsessed," starting with the customer and her needs, & working backwards from there to figure out how to best serve her. Worldwide the company employes more than 14,000 people, and provides benefits such as Vision, dental, and medical insurance, covering domestic partners as well; life and accident insurance; short and long-term disability plans;legal & financial services; savings & retirement perks such as restricted stock units, & company matched 401(k) plans. Some of the available technical positions include Software Engineering, Web Development, Project Managing, QA, as well as Systems Administrators & Database Administrators.