Alibaba Cloud to hire 5,000 people after global cloud spending hits record high in first quarter


Cloud computing has become one of Alibaba’s fastest-growing sectors beyond its core e-commerce business. — South China Morning Post

Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, plans to recruit 5,000 people worldwide in its current financial year after global cloud spending hit a record high in the first quarter of 2020 amid surging demand brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

The openings will be for technical talent in areas including networks, databases, servers, chips and artificial intelligence, according to a company statement on June 9.

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