Are you an Ingenious Data Mining Guru, a Dazzling Web Designer or an Awesome Back-end Programmer looking to unleash your talent with an innovative technology company? Please read on!

XIHA Ltd is one of the brightest stars of the new wave of technology companies coming out of Finland. Our company founders have an extensive and solid track record of building world class software, and our advisors have several successful companies under their belt. In addition, the financial stability of XIHA Ltd is backed by a recently secured investment round. We are agile telecommuters currently operating in Finland and Switzerland. Our primary common language is English.

We are developing XIHA Life, a global online community breaking language barriers in communication. Our focus is to offer different services for expatriates, travelers and to facilitate language learning. We are also a distributor of casual games and plan to offer global online gaming services. XIHA Life is unique in the market of online communities as our users are connected through shared interests rather than a prior relationship or friendship.

BENEFITS

We offer a highly dynamic, flexible and inspiring work environment. Our mission is to create long-term value to our website users, employees and shareholders. Our employees will receive a competitive salary, stock option package and additional benefits.

OPENINGS

Dazzling Web Designer

We are looking for a brilliant Web Designer with mad web and graphic design skillz. The successful candidate will be familiar with HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS and experienced in designing and creating user interfaces. You should be able to communicate fluently in English and additional language skills are a bonus.

If this sounds like you please email your CV with a cover letter and an optional link to your portfolio to jobs(at)xihalife.com with the subject line ‘Dazzling Web Designer'. Please do not include any work samples.

Awesome Back-end Programmer

We are looking for a senior and sensational Back-end Programmer to join our Scrum Team. The successful candidate will have considerable knowledge and/or experience creating scalable web services on LAMP configuration. CSM certification as well as serious skills in PHP and MySQL will be an advantage. You should be able to communicate fluently in English and additional language skills are a bonus.

If this sounds like you please email your CV with a cover letter to jobs(at)xihalife.com with the subject line 'Awesome Back-end Programmer'. Please do not include any work samples.

Ingenious Data Mining Guru

We are looking for a Data Mining Guru to create predictive models for a continuously evolving environment made up of millions of users. The successful candidate will be an experienced programmer and passionate in exploratory data analysis and data mining algorithms. You should be able to communicate fluently in English and additional language skills are a bonus.

If this sounds like you please email your CV with a cover letter to jobs(at)xihalife.com with the subject line 'Ingenious Data Mining Guru'. Please do not include any work samples.

Open Application

If our current openings do not directly match your work experience but you pose mad skillz on something related to our business, we are happy to receive your open application for future needs. Send your CV with a cover letter to jobs(at)xihalife.com with the subject 'Open application'.

Translators

We are also looking for native speakers of any language in the world, to help localize XIHA Life. Please see the translators page if you are interested in this opportunity!

APPLY ANYWHERE IN EUROPE

Even though our company is registed in Finland, we are a global organization. Our internal communications language is English and we don't require you to speak Finnish. We are a virtual organization where most of the developers work remotely, so we consider applicants from any EU country with no need to relocate. Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are required.

HOW TO APPLY

Email your CV with cover letter to jobs(at)xihalife.com. Do not include work samples. Please include the title of the job in the subject line. If you have any questions, feel free to send email (please do not call - we'll get to talking on the phone if your application passes the first filter and we want to learn more!)