Credit Suisse plans to hire over 1,000 IT employees in India this year, said a company statement issued today.
The hiring plans are part of the organisation’s continued commitment to its presence in the country and its vision to establish India as a centre for technology innovation across the bank globally.
The hires will comprise of developers and engineers who have capabilities in emerging technologies such as cybersecurity, data analytics, cloud, API development, machine learning and artificial intelligence that are anchored in Agile and DevOps delivery methods, to support the bank’s digital aspirations.
This is a continuation of the firm’s India growth strategy that has seen the bank hire 2,000 IT employees in the last three years. The bank is focused on nurturing local leaders within India IT and basing global roles in the country that have accountability and ownership for end-to-end delivery of IT solutions and services to the bank’s businesses around the world. India now accounts for nearly 25% of the bank’s global IT staff, the largest footprint of any Credit Suisse location globally.
“This year’s hiring plan highlights our continued commitment to India, particularly to Maharashtra, and supports Credit Suisse’s vision to establish our operations here as a global technological hub. To support the growth of our IT presence in India, we believe empowering our employees to lead global delivery and drive innovative solutions enhances value creation and productivity for the bank globally,” said John Burns, head India IT and senior franchise officer, Pune.
“As we continue to build our footprint in India, we want to attract the best IT talent to join our vibrant community of professionals. We provide our employees with a dynamic environment that fosters skills development and knowledge-sharing, and we provide opportunities for engineers and developers to be at the forefront of technology and innovation,” said Prashant Bhatnagar, global head of experienced recruiting for technology.
The hiring ambitions for 2021 will play a critical role in delivering the bank to its clients, ensuring a digitisation-ready architecture, a robust platform, adoption of IT best practices and technologies, and an empowered engineering workforce.
The bank is continuing to prioritise the health and well-being of its staff with ongoing measures that include a virtual and contactless new joinee onboarding process, flexible remote working arrangements, a working parents support programme’ paid family leave, and 24×7 helplines and wellness coaching to ensure employees and their families are well-supported through the pandemic.
