 "Uber to hire 140 more engineers for Indian tech teams to expand products")
Uber said on Wednesday it was recruiting 140 more engineers for its tech teams in Bengaluru and Hyderabad to build cutting-edge products in areas such as rider and driver growth, delivery, marketplace, customer service, digital payments, risk and compliance, safety, and finance technology.
These expansion plans were in line with its vision to make mobility and delivery more accessible, and to become the backbone of transportation in thousands of cities across the globe, the company said in a statement.
Uber recently hired Jayaram Valliyur as senior director to lead its global financial technology team, spread across multiple geographies.
Valliyur earlier worked with Amazon for 14 years, where he was responsible for bootstrapping and scaling the company's India development centre. He also led teams in charge of transportation, new seller registration and identity verification, the statement said.
"Were leveraging Indias outstanding product and engineering talent to fuel our next wave of products and services.
Were looking to hire engineers whore deeply technical and passionate about solving complex problems in the mobility and delivery space," he remarked.
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