Facebook Targets UK Growth With 1,000 Hires This Year

Facebook will hire 1,000 people in London this year in roles such as product development and safety.
Facebook Targets UK Growth With 1,000 Hires This Year
Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's Vice-President for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, sits for a portrait following a Reuters interview in London, England, on Jan. 20, 2020. Toby Melville/Reuters
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LONDON—Facebook will hire 1,000 people in London this year in roles such as product development and safety as it continues to grow its biggest engineering center outside the United States after Britain leaves the European Union.

Over half of the new jobs will be in technology, including software engineering and data science, Facebook’s vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Nicola Mendelsohn said in an interview.