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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
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
13 June 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
EPAM Systems, a global provider of software engineering and IT consulting services, has announced that it will create about 500 jobs at its new unit in Katowice in the next years. The company is looking for experienced programmers, business analysts, IT project managers and QA engineers.
EPAM Systems was established in 1993 in the United States; it employs about 22,000 people around the world. EPAM Systems has been operating in Poland since 2011. Currently, the company employs 800 people in three locations: Wrocław, Kraków and Gdańsk.
Sources
13 June 2016: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2016), EPAM Systems, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88027, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88027.
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