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Information / Computing 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62.1 - Computer programming activities 62.10 - Computer programming activities
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 June 2019
Employment effect (start)
14 June 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The Israeli mobile games company Playtika has announced plans to create 350 new positions at its IT service support and R&D center in Bucharest, by 2021. The support center and R&D center, inaugurated in 2018 employs 350 people.
Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, the company has over 2,000 employees in ten offices worldwide including Israel, Canada, USA, Ukraine, Belarus, Argentina, Japan, Romania, Australia and the UK. Founded in 2010, the company was among the first to offer free-to-play social games on social networks and, shortly after, on mobile platforms.
Sources
14 June 2019: Ziarul Financiar (short version of the article) (www.zf.ro)
Eurofound (2019), Playtika, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 97961, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/97961.