An information technology company is recruiting in the Grand Valley to fill new positions.

Pax8 has announced plans to create a remote work hub in Grand Junction as part of its efforts to increase employment opportunities in rural areas across Colorado. Job openings at Pax8 range from entry level sales positions to support and software engineering positions.

“Pax8 has done its due diligence, touring Grand Junction and learning more about our community,” said Mara Hardy, business development manager at the Grand Junction Economic Partnership. “They’ve identified it as a great place to live and do business and a place with highly qualified talent. It aligns well with their mission and goals, and we are excited about the new opportunities for our residents.”

Based in the Denver metro area, Pax8 works primarily with managed service providers to simplify the way they buy, sell and manage cloud solutions. The company was founded in 2012 and has ranked among the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States for the past three years, according to an annual listing compiled for a Inc. magazine.

“Our mission is to build an inclusive culture that encourages and celebrates diversity and inspires positive change in our people and communities,” said Cleve Lewis, vice president of empowerment programs at Pax8. “Supporting collaborative economic development programs across the state is key to helping us achieve our goal of empowering underserved communities as well as fostering the successful growth of Pax8 over the next decade.” 

By one estimate, the Pax8 expansion could create more than 1,800 jobs in Colorado over the next eight years. The company already employs remote workers in Colorado Springs and other communities along the Interstate Highway 25 corridor.   

In February, Pax8 was the first company to receive Location Neutral Employee (LONE) incentives. The program provides approved companies with a state job growth incentive tax credit as well as cash incentives for each remote worker employed in an eligible rural county.

Pax8 is the second recipient of LONE incentives planning to expand in Western Colorado.

INFOCU5, a technology company headquartered in Telluride, relocated an office from California to Grand Junction. The company moved a dozen employees from Pasadena and hired 30 people previously employed at StarTek, a Grand Junction call center that closed earlier this year. Over the next three years, INFOCU5 expects to hire up to 300 employees with an average annual salary of $60,513.

For more information about Pax8 and employment opportunities with the company, log on to www.pax8.com/careers.