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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
10 March 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
EPAM Systems, a global provider of software engineering and IT consulting services, has announced that it will double its employment capacity in Poland in 2016. The company will create 600 new jobs at its newly opened unit in Kraków. The company is looking for programmers, testers, business analysts, system architects as well as HR and marketing specialists.
EPAM Systems was established in 1993 in the United States; it employs about 11,000 people in 21 offices around the world. EPAM Systems has been operating in Poland since 2011. Currently, the company employs 650 people in three locations: Wrocław, Kraków and Gdańsk.
Sources
10 March 2016: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2016), EPAM Systems, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86819, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86819.
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