eBay announced its plans to open a large office in New York City Thursday, making it the latest Silicon Valley-based company to bring new tech jobs to the Big Apple.
eBay will open a technology center located at 625 6th Avenue in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood this fall. The office will include the Hunch team, a site eBay acquired in late 2011 that makes recommendations based on user preferences, and will also house more than 200 people in the next few years.
The office will be focused on building eBay's recommendation technology and data analytics.
"There is a great trend propelling tech forward in New York, which started when Google opened up a large office there," Chris Dixon, general manager of eBay New York and co-founder of Hunch, told Mashable. "We will be hiring new people and looking at expanding positions in the future. We are very excited."
In January, eBay opened a new tech center in the Seattle area, which is focused on data mining.
The move comes just one day after Microsoft announced it will be opening a research lab in New York City. Meanwhile, Facebook announced in December that it would open a New York engineering office.
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