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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.0 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
14 October 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
US-based global IT services company SoftServe has announced that it will create over 100 jobs at its new software development centre in Gdańsk by the end of 2022. The company is looking for project managers as well as programmers, especially specialists in DevOps, Cloud, Java and Python.
Headquartered in the United States and Ukraine, SoftServe was founded in 1993 in Ukraine. SoftServe specialises in consultancy services and software development; it provides services in the fields of big data, Internet of things, cloud computing, e-commerce and experience design. Currently, the company has 38 offices in nine countries and employs about 12,000 people worldwide. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2014, where it has branches in four locations: Warsaw, Wrocław, Białystok and Gliwice.
Eurofound (2021), SoftServe, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105431, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105431.
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