Google creates jobs where it finds talented people. Today, the company announced that it is opening a research and development center in St. Petersburg. In this regard, she draws the attention of applicants to the list of current vacancies published on
www.google.com/jobs .
Recall that the St. Petersburg programmers recently hired Yandex, who also opened a branch in the city, about hiring St. Petersburg programmers.
The new Google center is part of its Russian investment program. At the same time, St. Petersburg employees will be engaged in development both for the Russian market and for the global one. It is known that in the near future a group of engineers who previously worked at Borland will begin their duties in the new office.
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“After the opening of the Petersburg center, Russia will become the second country after the United States, where the two engineering centers of the company are located,” Google said. It is not surprising, because, for example, about 30% of the finalists of the last Google Code Jam competition
turned out to
be Russians. According to the Russian Association of Software Developers, Russia ranks third in the world in the number of scientists and engineers living in the country.
“Google is investing in Russia to create a favorable environment for users and advertisers,” said Kannan Pashupathy, vice president of international engineering operations for the company. - New Development and Research Center is already the second in the country. His discovery testifies to our commitment to Russia and the high qualification of Russian engineers. ”
“Google’s investments in St. Petersburg reflect our confidence that Russia is not only a promising market for our products, but also a country that gives the world unique engineering talent,” commented Alan Eustace, vice president of the development and research center at Google. - More than 30% of the finalists of the prestigious international contest of programmers
Google Code Jam - the Russians. Development is the basis of everything we do at Google and we look forward to starting work with our new center in St. Petersburg, whose goal is to develop new, modern products for our users. ”