U.S.-based firms Microsoft, LinkedIn, Oracle, Facebook, and Google are increasing their engineering staff in India. These companies are seeking engineers from India to work on technologies similar to their global counterparts to build competence in niche technology areas.
A report from Washington-DC based Bain & Company published last month said global in-house centers (GICs) in India will play a bigger role for enterprises. “Indian GICs will play a more active role in driving top-of-mind investment priorities of global C-level executives at Fortune 1,000 companies in the next three to five years. In addition, more senior leaders of the enterprise, particularly those two levels below CEOs, will operate out of Indian GICs over this period,” the report added.
North Carolina-based Lowe’s, that has 1,000 employees in India, said its IT and analytics capabilities in the country will amplify its growth strategy.
“We are hiring people in e-commerce and digital technologies, retail and supply chain technologies, core engineering and infrastructure such as networking, virtual infrastructure and containerization, analytics and big data, and project management,” said James Brandt, managing director, Lowe’s India.
Target India, which has a current headcount of 2,500, will hire professionals in technology and areas such as marketing, supply chain and animation, reports SmartInvestor.
“We will hire talent with Java and Open Source capabilities and for niche areas with expertise in machine learning and neuro-linguistic programming. In addition to technology, India has a talent pool in computer-generated imagery and animation. Our marketing team is looking to expand our CGI capabilities and tap this pool,” said Shalini Natraj, head of HR at Target India.
