Crossvale to establish software engineering Centre in Belfast

US software firm Crossvale Inc is set to create 12 new jobs at is Belfast base as it extends its software engineering team.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Jul 2016, 17:55 BST
Updated 28th Jul 2016, 18:59 BST
Invest NI chief executive Alastair Hamilton, left, pictured at the announcment with Crossvale managing director for Europe, Ian Purdy, centre, and company CEO Conor BrankinInvest NI chief executive Alastair Hamilton, left, pictured at the announcment with Crossvale managing director for Europe, Ian Purdy, centre, and company CEO Conor Brankin
Invest NI chief executive Alastair Hamilton, left, pictured at the announcment with Crossvale managing director for Europe, Ian Purdy, centre, and company CEO Conor Brankin

The Dallas based company, which develops integrated software and professional services solutions, for financial services, telecoms and retail customers, is extending its engineering capabilities to support the company’s growth.

Crossvale makes extensive use of Software AG’s webMethods platform and Red Hat’s subscription based solutions, for customers including a multinational Spanish banking group and a Saudi Arabian telecom corporation.

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Welcoming the company to Northern Ireland, Alastair Hamilton, Chief Executive of Invest NI, said: “Once again it is the availability of high quality software engineers that has attracted this US company to Northern Ireland.

This, combined with low staff turnover, low costs and Invest NI support has secured this mobile project and the new developer roles for Northern Ireland.”

“The new roles, with an average salary of £38,000, will be created over the next two years, with the majority of roles in place by the end of 2017.

Invest NI has offered the company support towards the new jobs, helping to leverage nearly £500,000 of investment in the economy through annual salaries.”

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Conor Brankin, CEO of Crossvale said: “Our new engineering centre in Belfast will support our company’s growth and help service both our existing US clients, as well new clients in the UK, Republic of Ireland and the Middle East.”

Ian Purdy, Crossvale Europe Managing Director continued: “We spent a lot of time considering where the right location for our new software centre should be.

The local talent here is hard to beat and we are keen to recruit both experienced developers and recent graduates.”

The Crossvale Group was established in 2001 by local Entrepreneur, Conor Brankin, who started his working career with British Telecom in Northern Ireland in 1992, after graduating from The University of Manchester with a BEng, in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

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