Uber launches new engineering facility in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Nov 16: Uber, the World's largest ridesharing company, has inaugurated its new engineering facility here today.

A team of over 40 engineers has already been hired to build world-class business intelligence platforms and real-time streaming for Uber globally.

Spread over 18,000 square feet, the facility has come up in Kondapur in HiTec City, the IT hub here.

This is the latest vertical added by Uber, which opened its first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Asia here last year. The city also houses Uber's maps team and city operations, team.

The CoE, which opened with 350 employees, has now grown to 2,000 people, making Hyderabad the company's largest center outside its headquarters in San Francisco, said Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, and Information Technology Departments of the Telangana government.