Fidelity Investments Ireland has commenced recruitment for 300 full-time associates in Galway and Dublin across software engineering, cloud, application and data architecture, cybersecurity, scrum masters and squad leaders.

The financial services company expects to fill the positions within two years, growing its headcount in Ireland to 1,800, and many of the roles will be filled by graduates.

In addition to the positions to be filled on Fidelity's technology team, a number of business operations roles will be filled in Dublin, and flexible working arrangements will be available to successful applicants.

Fidelity said the job growth was due to high demand across it enterprise technology, asset management, workplace investing, brokerage, R&D and applied technology businesses as well as its "resilience and continued commitment to Ireland".

"We are excited to be growing our operations in Ireland again.  In recent years we have had exceptional success in recruiting high quality candidates and look forward to welcoming our new associates over the coming months," said Lorna Martyn, regional chair and senior vice president for technology at Fidelity Investments Ireland.

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"We have shown huge resilience over recent years and, as a company, we are firmly committed to supporting our customers.  These new highly skilled positions will enhance our ability to meet our customers’ changing needs into the future."

The organisation first established operations in Ireland in 1996 and has grown its workforce from 400 to 1,500 over the past nine years. Globally, Fidelity has assets under administration of $10.5tn and employs more than 60,000 associates.

Commenting on the announcement, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said: “Since first establishing a presence in Ireland over a quarter of century ago, Fidelity Investments has become a key part of the Irish financial services sector.

"The company’s commitment to Ireland is reflected in today’s announcement and we look forward to seeing Fidelity enjoy continued success in both Dublin and Galway."

Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland, said: "The addition of 300 new jobs for Galway and Dublin is a clear commitment by Fidelity to their operations in Ireland. 

"The expansion reflects positively on the strength of the fintech ecosystem here which enables companies like Fidelity to create products to serve their global customer base from Ireland."

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