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Discover® Recognized as the Best Place to Work for IT Professionals for Twenty-First Year | 10.12.24
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Discover® Recognized as the Best Place to Work for IT Professionals for Twenty-First Year | 10.12.24

Foundry’s Computerworld has named Discover one of the Best Workplaces in IT for 2025. This annual award recognizes top organizations that challenge their technology employees while providing excellent benefits and development opportunities.

Now in its twenty-first year of recognition, Discover ranks number 1.27 among large organizations with more than 5,000 employees on the Best Places to Work in IT list. The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding the company’s offerings in categories such as benefits, career development, DEI, future of work, training and retention. Additionally, rankings are reviewed and verified by a panel of industry experts.

“Fostering an innovative environment that attracts, engages and retains top technology talent in an increasingly competitive field remains one of our top business priorities,” said Jason Strle, executive vice president and chief information officer at Discover. “This recognition is a testament to our continued investments in supporting and developing our technology talent through training, certifications, mentoring opportunities, our internal Discover Technology Academy and our external Eminence program.

“This year’s focus on AI has created demand for new skills in AI, data analytics and cloud. The good news: Leading companies recognize that these opportunities for business innovation also create new opportunities for internal IT talent,” said Barbara Call, Global Director. of content strategy at Foundry. “Our winning companies are committed to keeping their technology workforce happy and engaged – which means going beyond raises, perks and promotions to provide upskilling and training opportunities on cutting-edge technologies and emerging.”

This year’s company application highlights the benefits of Discover Technology Academy (DTA) and our commitment to DE&I. The Discover Technology Academy empowers technologists to strengthen their craft, elevate their careers, build their communities, and innovate better. Discover technologists have the opportunity to join one or more of the company’s employee resource groups, serve on the IT organization’s DE&I Council to help advance DE&I, and participate in various volunteer initiatives.

Discover is recruiting talented engineers in areas such as cybersecurity, data, DevOps, infrastructure and software. To learn more about careers in technology, visit discover.com/careers.

To view Discover’s full profile on the IT 100 Best Places to Work list, visit Computerworld.com


About Discover

Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a digital banking and payments company with one of the most recognized brands in financial services in the United States. Since its founding in 1986, the company has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The company delivers the Discover® card, America’s pioneer in cash rewards, and offers personal loans, home loans, checking and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit through its banking business. It operates the Discover Global network® comprised of Discover Network, with millions of merchants and cash access points; PULSE®one of the country’s leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International®a global payment network accepted worldwide. For more information, visit www.discover.com/company.


About Computer World

Computerworld is the leading technology media brand that empowers business users and their leaders, helping them create business advantage by skillfully leveraging today’s extremely powerful web, mobile and desktop applications. Computerworld also provides advice to IT managers tasked with optimizing client systems and helps businesses revolutionize the customer and employee experience with new collaboration platforms. Computerworld’s award-winning website (www.computerworld.com), strategic marketing solutions and research provide the hub of the world’s largest IT media network and provide IT vendors with the opportunity to engage this audience. Computerworld is published by IDG. Communications, Inc. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

Discover® Recognized as the Best Place to Work for IT Professionals for Twenty-First Year | 10.12.24