We are setting up camp at yet another location. This time, in Berlin, Germany. This is our 16th office globally and our third office in Europe.
Unlike our Lucerne office, which steers our European sales, and much like our team in Zurich, who develop, among other things, a speech recognition technology, our people in Berlin will concentrate on research and development. By the end of this year, we’re expecting the airy office space in Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, with enough room for up to 130 people, to fill with 30-40 workstations, occupied by top-class software engineers and user interface designers. At this stage, they will work on the global version of our well-loved Yandex.Maps service, with other tasks and projects being added in the future. You can take a look at our current job openings in Berlin right now.
Berlin wasn’t hard to choose. It has everything an exponentially developing IT company can wish for – a thriving high-tech industry, an attractive business environment, an impressive academic scene and a lively startup community. With its central geographic location, the capital city of Germany has become a major European hub for the IT industry, hosting a number of key events and conferences. It is also well positioned for talent scouting all over Europe.
Berlin is a perfect place to meet new people, exchange ideas, share experiences, learn about new approaches to old problems and discover new talent. In addition to all of the above, it’s just nice to live and work in, and Moscow (as well as many other great European destinations) is only a short flight away.