Ensures that its commitment to the Spanish economy is “long-term” and will continue investing and creating jobs
MADRID, 21 (EUROPA PRESS )
Amazon installed in Madrid a development center to design software from the Spanish capital features and services for its websites and mobile applications. It will be the second ‘hub’ technology that the company opens in Spain in less than a year.
Specifically, the e-commerce giant has stressed that this new technical team, based in Spain, will play a ” key role “in improving the shopping experience of customers of five European sites of Amazon, developing innovations in the field of personalization and machine learning and advanced search, as reported by the multinational in a statement.
the CEO of Amazon.es, François Nuyts, recalled that since the company settled in Spain have delivered millions of packages and created dozens of new services. “We have also created more than 800 permanent jobs in Spain to support the rapid growth of our business,” he assured.
“In Spain, we have found professionals with a great talent and an incredible desire to innovate. The commitment Amazon with the Spanish economy is long term and we plan to continue investing and creating jobs here, “stressed Nuyts.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Madrid, Manuela Carmena, has recognized that it is a “great news” because it is considered the capital as one of the “most attractive cities in the world to invest and innovate.”
“the main capital we have is the talent and creativity of Madrid and the choice of Amazon, one of the leaders in the world of logistics and technology companies, is a guarantee of great value to our city, “Carmena indicated.
the center, which it is located in the Paseo de la Castellana, specifically in the area of Azca, will be the only entirely dedicated to developing services and features to the websites of Amazon that the company has in the European Union.
the ‘ hub ‘will be located in an area of 1,700 square meters in downtown Madrid that the company has hired to locate their technical teams. This new location will also house the Center B2B Development Amazon, the only ‘hub’ technology dedicated to supporting Amazon Business that the company has outside the United States and is running since May 2015 in Madrid.
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throughout this year, Amazon hired for this ‘hub’ technological highly qualified professionals such as software engineers, quality engineers, ‘program managers’ and systems engineers . Their work will range from projects based on ‘front-end’ technology with a direct impact on customer service developments ‘back-end’.
The International Vice President of Technology Amazon, Terry Hanold, stressed that is living a “very exciting” technologies such as mobile phones, social networks, virtual reality or new forms of delivery “open the door to enormous possibilities for innovation in the field of electronic commerce” moment.
“Spain has a large pool of engineers who have shown great dose of talent and creativity. and we are happy to create a technology team in Madrid able to develop new features for our customers in Spain, Europe and around the world “Hanold indicated.
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The American multinational remains committed to investing in Spain. Amazon.es Since launching in late 2011, the company has created more than 800 permanent jobs in both its corporate headquarters and logistics center of San Fernando de Henares (Madrid).
The company it is also expanding this logistics center with the construction of a new building of 45,000 square meters, which will create 1,000 jobs over the next three years. In addition, last year acquired a plot in El Prat de Llobregat, where it plans to build a new logistics center, the largest company in Southern Europe
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