Amazon has begun filling more than 1,000 full-time positions at a Shakopee-based fulfillment center it began building late last year and publicly unveiled in February.

The 20-acre, million-square-foot facility will be a point of origin for smaller Amazon.com purchases — such as hardcover books and electronic gadgets.

The company said the facility also will teem with “hundreds and hundreds” of robots working alongside the humans. The complex is among more than a dozen of its “robotics fulfillment facilities” around the country.

Amazon's new fulfillment center in Shakopee will feature hundreds of robots that will fetch merchandise and transport it to human workers. (Pioneer Press: Julio Ojeda-Zapata)

Amazon's Brian Urkiel, who has managed a robotics fulfillment center in Kenosha, Wis., oversaw construction of the Shakopee facility. (Pioneer Press: Julio Ojeda-Zapata)

Amazon opened its gigantic, under-construction Shakopee fulfillment center to visitors in February. (Pioneer Press: Julio Ojeda-Zapata)

Amazon opened its gigantic, under-construction Shakopee fulfillment center to visitors in February. (Pioneer Press: Julio Ojeda-Zapata)

Amazon opened its gigantic, under-construction Shakopee fulfillment center to visitors in February. (Pioneer Press: Julio Ojeda-Zapata)



Amazon recently finished building a gigantic fulfillment center in Shakopee, and has begun hiring 1,000 humans who will work alongside hundreds of robots in the 20-acre, million-square-foot facility . (Pioneer Press: Julio Ojeda-Zapata)

Amazon has not specified how much the employees will be paid but said hourly wages will be “competitive” and bundled with benefits packages that include health insurance, 50 percent 401(k) matching, stock awards and maternity/paternity leave.

Amazon is inviting interested candidates to learn more about the positions and apply for them.