Uber To Hire 500 Techies For Its India Tech Centres By End Of 2022

Uber Technologies has announced its plan to start a fresh round of recruitment for its India tech centres. The app-based cab and food delivery service provider aims to hire 500 additional tech employees by December 2022. Right now, the company has a 1,000-member tech team across its centres in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The company says that the hiring plan is a "testament to its commitment to India, and its recognition of the engineering talent in the country." Last year in 2021, Uber added 250 new engineers to teams in India.

The company says that it has been expanding teams at all its tech centres across the globe, including the US, Canada, Latin America, Amsterdam, and at its twin centres in India. Interestingly, the announcement comes just days after Reuters reported that Uber will scale back hiring and reduce expenditure on its marketing and incentive activities, according to a letter from Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi, seen by the news agency. According to Reuters, Khosrowshahi said Uber's change in strategy was a necessary response to the "seismic shift" in investor sentiment.

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Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India & South Asia; Dr. CN Aswath Narayan, Minister of IT, Govt of Karnataka; Manikandan Thangarathnam, Senior Director Engineering, Uber

Earlier this week, Uber inaugurated a new floor at its Bengaluru tech centre, which was inaugurated by Karnataka's IT Minister, C. N. Ashwath Narayan. Speaking at the same event, Praveen Neppalli Naga, Vice President and Head of Mobility Engineering, Uber said, "India is a key market for Uber, and we continue investing in the twin tech centres here. The teams play a crucial role in driving world-class innovations by launching products and services globally. We are committed to making mobility available at everyone's fingertips, and the strength of our technology sets us apart in this regard."

Manikandan Thangarathnam, Senior Director - Engineering, Uber said, "Uber is looking for the best-in-class engineers, data scientists, and program managers to join its global engineering and product teams, with the aim of 'Building locally and scaling globally'. We are excited about the possibilities that a rapidly evolving mobility space presents and will continue to lead innovations for our customers across the world."

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Praveen Neppalli Naga, Vice President and Head of Mobility Engineering, said India is a key market for Uber, and we continue investing in the twin tech centres here

Uber's tech journey in India started in 2014, and right now, its tech centres in the country are the second largest in the world, following its facilities in the US. The centres at Hyderabad and Bengaluru handle critical functions for Uber such as Rider Engineering, Eats Engineering, Infra tech, Data, Maps, Uber for Business, FinTech, Customer Obsession, and Growth & Marketing, among others.