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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
South African online marketplace, OLX, has announced that it will create 100 new jobs at its office in Lisbon by the end of 2017. The new workers will integrate a team responsible for the development of several international online projects in the automotive and real estate segments. Positions are open to applicants from the field of software engineers, systems engineers, data scientists, product managers and UX / UI specialists, among others.
Of the total of 100 job vacancies, 80 will be occupied by Portuguese workers and 20 by persons from other countries.
Sources
15 September 2017: Manda-te
Citation
Eurofound (2017), OLX, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 91977, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91977.
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