Online ride-hailing platform Uber has announced it will double its workforce in the product and engineering departments, from over 500 to more than 1,000 ‘technologists’, at its Bengaluru and Hyderabad facilities next year.

“Engineers are working on exciting areas of Customer Engagement, Rider access (next billion riders), Uber Eats, Maps, Marketplace and Data platforms,” informed Dalal.

“We’re competing here for growth and we look at India as one of the largest — not just the fastest — providers of growth in our global corporate portfolio,” Pradeep Parameswaran, President, Uber India and South Asia, told reporters in Delhi in October.