Zoom To Expand With Engineering Center In Phoenix

PHOENIX, AZ—Zoom announced plans Thursday to open a new research and development center in the greater Phoenix area in the very near future and begin recruiting software engineering talent from the surrounding area.

Employees would work from home until the offices are built and COVID-19-related isolation has abated, expected for fall 2020, company reps said. A second engineering center is also planned for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“Both Phoenix and Pittsburgh have incredibly well-educated, skilled, and diverse talent pools that are well-positioned to help support Zoom’s ongoing growth and continued success,” said Eric S. Yuan, CEO of Zoom. “We plan to hire up to 500 software engineers between these two cities in the next few years, drawing largely on recent graduates of the many local universities. We look forward to expanding our team and seeing what we accomplish together as we continue to build our world-leading video communications platform with best-in-class reliability, scalability, privacy, and security.”

While the company has not finalized the office locations, Zoom officials said they are looking for space near Arizona State University and Carnegie Mellon University. According to company reps, these two centers will add to Zoom’s existing R&D and support Zoom’s engineering leadership, which is based at its San Jose, California headquarters.

“Zoom’s expansion into the Phoenix market reflects the success of our efforts to grow and support a new economy for Arizona that is based on technology and innovation,” said Michael M. Crow, President of Arizona State University. “With 4,500 engineering graduates per year and a nationally competitive faculty that have been honored with the highest awards in their fields, we are making great strides in creating a top-tier, concentrated environment of technology and talent in greater Phoenix to support the workforce and research and development needs of companies like Zoom.”

Zoom is working with the Greater Phoenix Economic Council and the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance to make expansion into these cities a success. To explore open roles at Zoom, visit zoom.us/careers.

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