Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco has roped in top Qualcomm executive Jaiteerth Patwari as Research and Development Head for LeMall, the company’s online shopping site in the country.
Patwari worked with mobile processor supplier Qualcomm for 14 years and will now set up and head the development centre at LeMall India.
“We are very delighted to bring Jaiteerth on board, who will bring with him a wealth of experience which we’re sure will be fruitful for us in our India journey,” said IANS report published in Firstpost quoted Atul Jain, COO of Smart Electronics Business, LeEco India.
“I am thrilled to join the LeEco family at such a critical junction of its growth journey in India. In the next couple of months, we will look at aggressively scaling up operations for LeMall in India,” said Patwari.
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At LeEco, Jaiteerth will be responsible for innovating, developing and supporting the company’s fast-paced e-commerce business. The company is looking to hire 50 more engineers who can help build a highly scalable e-commerce platform.
Headquartered in Bengaluru, LeEco India launched its operations more than six months ago and aims to increase its staff fivefold to more than 1,000 by the end of 2016.
LeMall R&D is looking to hire 50 more engineers to build highly scalable distributed e-commerce platform.