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Sber to open first research and development center in Europe

Source: Sberbank

Sber announced the opening of its first research and development (R&D) center in Europe at Web Summit, Europe’s biggest technology conference, currently being held in Lisbon.

Executive Vice President of Sberbank, CTO of Sber, and head of Technology David Rafalovsky discussed the news in his address.

The center will be located in Berlin and will focus on attracting high-class IT developers, architects, and machine learning specialists. Professionals from all over the world will work on Sber’s breakthrough technological ideas, including SberDevices, SberCloud and SberAutoTech products and services. The R&D center will start operating in Q1 2022 after regulatory approval.

David Rafalovsky, executive vice president, Sberbank; CTO, Sber; head of Technology:
“The opening of our R&D center in Berlin underscores our commitment to creating the best technological products and services for our clients with the help of the best specialists in the world. We invite developers, architects, and data scientists to work on the most relevant and innovative projects that will change the customer experience for over 100 million Sber Group customers.”

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