B2B logistics platform Shadowfax recently announced that it is planning to expand its technology team and will hire about 50 employees over the next two years. The new hirings will be done for technology experts and senior professionals for Bengaluru and Gurugram offices.
In an official statement, the company said, “Shadowfax is focused on strengthening its engineering and leadership teams and is looking to hire some of the best industry talents in problem-solving and thought leaders. The company will be engaging candidates for its technological domain for different roles and positions spread across Bangalore and Gurgaon offices. The company will be actively seeking pros like Backend Developers, Architects, Development Operations, Android experts, SDET and even Senior professionals at Director level to meet its surging demands.”
“The occurrence of pandemic has shaken most sectors. However, the logistics industry has proven to be robust yet flexible in withstanding the pandemic onslaught. With more people entrusting their daily and other needs to online shopping considering their health and safety aspects, the demand for logistics and adoption of innovative technologies has increased at a welcome rate for the industry. Hence to meet the growing demand, we need to strengthen our own human resource capabilities and therefore, we are planning to expand our technology & leadership teams and looking forward to onboard some enthusiastic members in the next 2 years”, said Tanushree Ray, Head of HR, Shadowfax.
Shadowfax has always been an employee-oriented organization. During the COVID-19 lockdowns; the company claims to have ensured that appropriate technical needs and infrastructural requirements of its employees were fulfilled for a comfortable and smooth workflow.
It also provided a stipulation for the technology team to work-from-home throughout the year and also made sure that their virtual onboarding was seamless. Currently, Shadowfax employs 750+ employees in the country.
Founded in 2015, Shadowfax is India’s largest crowdsourced logistics platform. The company was established with the vision of enabling commerce by empowering lives for everyone, everywhere.
The recent development at Shadowfax comes as a relief to the talent ecosystem in India which has been witnessing massive layoffs during the coronavirus pandemic. Several big players in the startup ecosystem have laid off a significant chunk of employees to tide over the crisis and save operational costs.
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