A software firm which counts big-name banks among its clients is creating 50 well-paid jobs at its new Belfast hub.
London-based Intelligent Environments is adding the new posts — which will command salaries of around £45,000 — over the next three years.
Based in the city centre, it’s now eyeing up a location in the Titanic Quarter to accommodate its growth.
The company creates PC and smartphone software for the financial and retail banking sectors.
Managing director David Webber said the firm had chosen Belfast because of the “availability of the skilled workforce”.
“I visited here 13 months ago and went to Queen’s University and was impressed with the integrated education system, as well as the availability of skilled graduates,” he said.
“There also seems to be a great stability in the workforce and there is a high retention of staff.
“The positions will be a mixture of quality assurance professionals, software testers and software developers.
“It (Belfast) will be very much a development and testing hub.”
He said Northern Ireland had fended off other locations including the Republic and India.
Intelligent Environments’ banking clients include Barclays, Capital One and ING.
It currently boasts a workforce of 130 at its London base. Eight staff are already employed at Arthur Street in Belfast city centre and the company is now recruiting its latest tranche of workers.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the investment would bring “highly skilled jobs that will generate over £2.1m annually to the local economy”.
She added: “The company is also investing in training and this will introduce new technical skills into Northern Ireland.
“Once again Northern Ireland has been chosen as the optimum location by an internationally successful IT company looking to expand.”
Invest NI has put up more than £500,000 towards the company’s expansion.
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