Perform Group’s sports streaming service DAZN will open an office in Amsterdam that will create jobs for 300 people by 2022 with roles including software engineers, development managers and scrum masters.
Ben Lavender (pictured), Chief Product Officer at DAZN, will reveal more details about the company’s significant financial investment to establish a development centre in the Netherlands during his keynote speech at the SVG Sport Production Summit in Amsterdam taking place on September 13, 2018 at the DeLaMar Theatre.
The new development centre will play a crucial role in the global roll-out of DAZN as the home to the R&D and Innovation, Acquisitions and Retention and Third Party Integration teams.
Headquartered in London, and part of Perform Group, DAZN will join a growing cluster of tech companies already based in the city such as Netflix, Uber, Amazon, Viacom and Booking.com.
“We are already live in seven countries across three continents and have software developers creating a market leading product in the UK, Poland and now the Netherlands,” said Florian Diederichsen, CTO of DAZN.
“The new development centre is an important milestone in DAZN’s journey to become the world’s biggest sports broadcaster, with the best sports streaming product in the market.”
Ben Lavender added: “The global sports industry is ripe for disruption and DAZN is leading the change. The ability to hire world class software engineers, development managers and scrum masters at a speed that can match the pace of our growth is essential to our business. We looked at several global locations, but nothing came close to Amsterdam for its infrastructure and the ability to attract the best global tech talent.”
Welcoming the investment by DAZN, Jeroen Nijland, Commissioner NFIA from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs said: “We are delighted that DAZN has decided for the Netherlands to set up the company’s new development centre. The Netherlands is renowned for its creativity and is located right in the heart of Europe. Great access to an English-speaking talent pool and strong international transport connections, make that the country offers an excellent climate for foreign firms looking to expand and thrive. DAZN choosing Amsterdam highlights that we are fast becoming one of the media and broadcasting centres of the world and we see DAZN as a great addition to this flourishing hub.”
