Xobni: Software Engineers, Software QA Engineers
Xobni’s team is rapidly expanding. We are looking for people who thrive as part of a dedicated and innovative team, love tough challenges, and are passionate about making something people want.
Xobni offers competitive base salary, stock options, health benefits, and a great group of people to work with.
Software Engineers
Do you thrive as part of a talented and highly agile engineering team? We are looking for software engineers to help envision, design, and build the core Xobni applications.
Responsibilities
- Participate actively in software design discussions
- Develop ideas from a high-level description to a shippable product
- Perform analyses, software design, code, troubleshooting, and unit testing
- Write code that is both functional and elegant
- Set individual goals and take responsibility executing
- Diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years of software development experience
- Experience with N-tier application development
- Successful multi-tasker, as well as a self starter who is able to work well with others and can adapt to changes quickly in a high pressure startup environment
- Very familiar with general application development
- C#/Java knowledge a plus
- Excellent technical communication, both written and verbal
- MS/BS in Computer Science or related background preferred
To apply, please submit resumes and covering letters to jobs@xobni.com, with the subject “Software Engineer”.
Software QA Engineers
Do you have passion for understanding, breaking, and testing cutting-edge products? We are looking for Software Quality Assurance Engineers to help us ship fast, bug-free products to astonished users.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute test plans
- Write unit tests and other automated testing
- Work closely with development team to understand product requirements, technology, and user feedback
- Work closely with manual testing team
- Submit bug reports, verify fixes
Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years QA experience
- Passion for testing and the ability to work independently on diverse problems
- Excellent communications skills
- Experience administering and using bug tracking systems
- Knowledge of C# is a plus
- CS/EE degree preferred
To apply, please submit resumes and covering letters to jobs@xobni.com, with the subject “Software QA Engineer”.
About Xobni
Xobni is changing the way people use their email. Our first product Xobni Insight has been released in invitation-only beta and has received great reviews. Xobni aims to become a new platform for organizing messaging and relationship information centered around email.
Xobni is located near Union Square in San Francisco, CA and is backed by substantial venture funding from Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Ron Conway and Baseline Ventures, Atomico Investments, Y Combinator and several angel investors.
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