Google opens a development center in St. Petersburg

    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 at www.google.ru/jobs .

    Recall that Yandex programmers also recently announced the employment of St. Petersburg programmers , who also opened a branch in the city.

    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 world. It is known that in the near future a group of engineers who previously worked for Borland will take up their duties in the new office.

    “After the opening of the St. Petersburg center, Russia will become the second country after the United States, where two engineering centers of the company are located,” the Google said. It is not surprising, because, for example, about 30% of the finalists of the last Google Code Jam contest were 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 an enabling environment for users and advertisers,” said Kannan Pashupathy, vice president of international engineering operations. - The new Center for Development and Research is the second in the country. Its discovery demonstrates our commitment to Russia and the high qualifications of Russian engineers. ”

    “Google’s investment in St. Petersburg reflects our belief that Russia is not only a promising market for our products, but also a country that gives the world unique engineering talents,” comments Alan Eustace, vice president of research and development at Google. - Over 30% of the finalists of the prestigious Google Code Jam International Programming Contest- Russians. Development is the basis of everything that we do at Google and we look forward to working with our new center in St. Petersburg, whose goal is to develop new, modern products for our users. ”

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