Snapdeal to hire 450 engineers by year end

NEW DELHI: Delhi-based e-commerce company Snapdeal, which competes with Flipkart and Amazon, is planning to add 450 engineers to its technology and products teams by the end of this year, the Business Standard reported.

According to the report Snapdeal has about 1,600 engineers. Snapdeal is integrating its marketplace and online payments while offering new services like travel bookings and food, and needs more engineers to handle backend operations, the report stated further.

This is in contrast to Snapdeal's move in February to put 200 employees on notice. These employees were told to undergo a 30-day performance improvement plan, which led to mass protests and a plea to Delhi's deputy labour commissioner.

"Our technology platform is key to building the most reliable commerce system of the country. Over the last year, we have received fabulous response to Snaplite and the multilingual platform. We will strengthen our technology team this year and expect to add 450 people to our product and engineering teams," Rajiv Mangla, chief technical office told the newspaper.

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