40 New Jobs Announced By BrowserStack

Up to 40 new jobs are to be created in Dublin.

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, announced that BrowserStack, an industry-leading mobile and web testing platform, will expand its Mobile Data Centre operations and employ world class talent to lead the development of the next generation of mobile and web testing solutions.

The expansion is being supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland.

The massive popularity of internet browsing combined with the proliferation of browsers, operating systems and devices have resulted in inconsistent website experiences for users worldwide. Developers need to test their website changes across hundreds of possible combinations of mobile devices and platforms. BrowserStack is a cloud-based service that allows web developers to perform these tests quickly and eliminates the need for expensive in-house testing infrastructure. It currently supports more than 1,100 combinations of browsers, operating systems and devices. BrowserStack serves more than 35,000 customers in 130+ countries and customers include: Twitter, Microsoft, AirBnB, Mastercard, and more.

Welcoming the announcement, Minister Mitchell O'Connor said: "This is another great win for IDA Ireland and a further vote of confidence for Ireland and what we have to offer. Having BrowserStack's International HQ located here adds to our ever expanding expertise in ICT and its presence here will help attract other high growth companies, I wish BrowserStack well in its endeavours."

BrowserStack Co-Founder Ritesh Arora added: "We are committed to helping our customers solve their most significant problems. Setting up of the real devise Mobile Data Center in Dublin expands our existing cloud capacity. This expansion is an important step towards building a best-in-class global testing infrastructure. This will allow us to provide a better experience to our existing customers and support new product launches. We are also excited to expand our presence in Dublin and look forward to benefitting from its deep talent pool."

(MH/LM)