Uber on Thursday announced hiring 85 more engineers for India operation.
This is in addition to hiring 140 engineers the ride-hailing service announced last month, thus taking the total ongoing hiring to 225 engineers.
Uber India has also hired Amazon veteran Manikandan Thangarathnam as senior director to lead all rider and platform engineering teams in Bengaluru.
Manikandan’s addition to Uber’s team is part of the company’s overarching vision to strengthen its tech capabilities, as the organization is positioning India as a technology hub, building and innovating for the world, said a statement.
Manikandan comes with over 20 years of experience in spearheading engineering efforts across global majors, including a 13-year stint at Amazon, building several core platforms and products. In his most recent role, he led engineering efforts for the Amazon Appstore and was instrumental in bootstrapping the tech major’s Chennai office and building a vast team of engineers.
Speaking about the move to Uber, Manikandan said: “It’s an exciting opportunity to join Uber and work together to transform the mobility landscape across the globe. As the world steps into a new normal, adaptability is going to be a key aspect to usher in growth. I look forward to leading the bright minds at Uber and innovating together for the world, one ride at a time.”
The Rider mobility team works on the challenge of enabling the next billion trips by building new services including high capacity vehicles (Uber bus), and car rentals, among others.
The company said the Marketplace team is building a highly-available and scalable self-serve gateway to configure, manage, and monitor Application Programming Interfaces (API) of every business domain at Uber.
Uber recently hired another Amazon veteran Jayaram Valliyur as senior director to lead its global finance technology team, spread across multiple geographies.