Featured Success Story
Ireland has really become a place where a lot of Europeans want to work and we've been very lucky in attracting great talent from all over Europe that are now working in Dublin
Amazon's Dublin Hub is Focused on Engineering
Between 2011 and 2018, AWS contributed more than €2 billion in capital expenditure and ongoing operational spend in data centre construction and operation in Ireland, hiring more than 2,000 employees directly.
AWS works with several Irish colleges and universities as part of its AWS Educate and AWS Academy programmes. AWS Educate provides member institutes such as the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin City University, and the University of Limerick with no-cost access to learning content and AWS services designed to build knowledge and skills in cloud computing.
Amazon’s permanent workforce in Ireland is forecast to reach 5,000 people. Its main function in Dublin is engineering, where staff are proficient across a mix of programming languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, Perl and object-oriented design. The hub focuses on engineering across several disciplines including software and network engineering, data centre engineering, support and systems engineering, security and Big Data, and DevOps.
There is an abundance of talent in Ireland which helped us to exceed our talent growth targets ahead of schedule. Ireland is a great place to do business, the country’s creative culture and diverse pool of technical skills make it an ideal location for our rapidly expanding business
Start your own European Success Story
As you start to think about how Ireland is the best place to help you scale globally, IDA Ireland is here to offer comprehensive pro bono support for your company. As Ireland's inward investment promotion agency, we are a non-commercial, semi-state body promoting foreign direct investment into Ireland.
You Might Also Be Interested In:
Ireland has really become a place where a lot of Europeans want to work and we've been very lucky in attracting great talent from all over Europe that are now working in Dublin