From Engineer point of view - Software Engineer Xored Software Employee Review

Small company with huge potensial

No cons or any problem

* First of all Xored took my job application seriously and responded immediately. Even though I was Polish and Novosibirsk was located 6 time zones away from my hometown. After a video chat they gave me a typical homework and invited me to their HQ in central Asia for the on-site interview. Now I can fully confirm those guys are indeed very responsive and ready to do an international business. * Both Novosibirsk offices were located in a very pleasant places. The Akademgorodok office was situated in the calm, green area, close to the taiga forests and the so-called Ob Sea. The other office was arranged in the high-rise in the city center and had a wonderful view on the Novosibirsk and the Ob river. * There was a rather flat-hierarchy in the company * There were a good programmers on board, some of them were even pretty exceptional. * They did a lot of open-source projects (you can find them on github) * There was a lot of eclipse development going on there * It was possible to work from home on demand * The company was mostly running on macs * The non-programming xored employers were always ready to help - I basically mean the girls from our HR/office management - Irina and Masha - and our admin Andrey. The girls helped me a lot especially with the bureaucratic paperworks like obtaining the Russian visa

Akadem office might have been somewhat cosier