Deals firm to create 20 jobs
Online deals provider Groupon is to take on 20 new staff in Dublin, it has revealed.
Jobs will be available for experienced engineers, programmers, data scientists and marketers as well as new college graduates at its newly established software development centre.
Groupon employs about 10,000 people in 48 countries and already employs about a dozen people in Dublin.
The new project is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland.
Rich Williams, Groupon chief marketing officer, said: "Ireland is a strategic market in Groupon’s global operations – and we want the best and brightest technology and marketing minds to help us to continue to scale.
"Groupon’s business model is based on a creative, disruptive approach, partnering with our merchant community to give consumers more choice, flexibility and value.
"Groupon is driving growth through Big Data analytics, and we want to hear from candidates with competencies across a range of areas, including maths, statistics computing, science and sociology.’
Welcoming the company’s recruitment drive and investment, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, said: "A key part of this Government’s plans for jobs and growth is our ambition to make Ireland the internet capital of Europe.
"This shows once again what is possible for Ireland in this sector if we pursue it ambitiously, and I am determined to accelerate the progress we have made with online companies to create the jobs we need."
