Banco Santander has decided to hire 3,000 tech staff around the world this year to accelerate its commercial, technological and digital transformation.

The move is in line with the bank’s strategy to leverage its global network to increase its revenues and customer base.

Santander created a website called ‘Be Tech! with Santander’ to conduct and manage the recruitments for most of the roles.

Out of 3000 new hires, Santander will hire 1,000 IT professionals in Spain with a background in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

The new hires will join the technology and operations division in areas like APIs, cloud, data, network, DevSecOps, artificial intelligence (AI), software development, enterprise architecture and cybersecurity.

The new joiners will add to Santander’s global network of 195,000 employees in 10 key markets across Europe and America, serving 146 million customers.

Santander has published all the available roles globally on the job hunting platform Linkedin.

Banco Santander group head of technology and operations Dirk Marzluf said: “We are recruiting professionals with technology profiles who will bring new IT skills and are looking for new challenges. They will be at the heart of our transformation.”

Recently, the bank confirmed its plans to inject over €20bn ($22.63bn) in its digital transformation and technology for the 2019-2022 period.

Its latest decision to hire 3,000 IT professionals is expected to boost its plans, allowing it to improve the customer experience while improving operational efficiency.

Banco Santander group executive chairman Ana Botín said: “We have an outstanding team at Santander and by adding new talent across each of our markets we can further accelerate our technological and digital transformation.”

In the mid-term, the bank expects to save as much as €1.2bn in incremental annual costs.