A US based software company is to create 100 new jobs in Belfast through the opening of a new engineering centre.
Oregan firm Unosquare, has chosen Belfast as its first European location and has pledged to create the new jobs by 2019 with the help of £650,000 worth of financial support from Invest NI.
The new positions, which will based in the city centre at the Scottish Provident Building at Donegall Square West will service existing US customers as well as support expansion into the UK and European markets.
It will supplement the firm's other two engineering centres, which are based in Mexico.
Announcing the new investment, Alastair Hamilton, Invest Northern Ireland Chief Executive, said:
“Unosquare provides outsource software development services for the financial services markets as well as customers involved in cancer diagnostics and pharmaceuticals."
“The company has two other engineering centres in Mexico but has chosen to open this latest centre in Belfast due to the availability of a strong pool of software engineers and our ability to offer support towards securing the project for Northern Ireland.
“The company uses innovative technology which will not only enhance the technical capability within Northern Ireland, contributing towards the expansion of our ICT sector, but will also give experienced software developers new skills and exposure to new technology.”
Mike Barrett, CEO of Unosquare said Belfast was the ideal location for the new centre.
“We were looking for a location that not only provided skilled software engineers, but also the right business climate to enable us to get our operation up and running quickly. With such a strong IT sector, Northern Ireland was able to offer that,” he said.
