Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal for senior engineering post

Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal for senior engineering post

A photo illustration shows the Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, Britain October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Illustration

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc has hired the man behind Google search to work closely with Chief Executive Travis Kalanick and help grow the company’s self-driving car program.

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