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Come and join the funnest company in the Valley!
Heyzap is changing the way publishers and developers think about online games. We have loads of new ideas in mind and we need help building them, so we're looking for talented team members to work on exciting new projects in our sunny San Francisco office. If you think that could be you, read on! If you refer someone that eventually gets a full time job at Heyzap, we will give the referrer a $1000 referral bonus.
Current opportunities:
- Startup Software Engineer
- Business Development Intern
- Front End Technical Intern
- Back End Technical Intern
Heyzap is growing fast
You'll be joining one of the fastest moving companies in the Valley. Furthermore, you'll be able to enjoy Heyzap's transition from a small startup to a huge company. The Heyzap office is a fun environment to work in which you will be solving interesting problems all the time. You'll be working with like-minded, smart people, who love working hard and having fun at the same time. If you want to read into Heyzap a bit more, we've been getting some great press in major publications such as Techcrunch, Cnet, and the Telegraph. See more press here.
Heyzap is a seriously fun company
Heyzap is the "YouTube of casual gaming", allowing publishers to embed engaging games on their site, and helping game developers maximize their game plays and earnings. Heyzap recently raised a VC round of funding with Union Square Ventures (who also funded other great companies like Twitter, Esty, Disqus and Zynga). Heyzap was also part of the Winter '09 Y Combinator batch.
Work in a great environment in the heart of San Francisco
Available Positions
Startup Software Engineer - Be part of our small dedicated team!
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What will you be working on?
Our whiteboards are full of things we should have done yesterday! Here are some exciting projects that you could help on. We are building an advanced in game virtual goods payments platform and a games distribution engine.
- Creating better demographic and collaborative filtering systems to give publishers the most appropriate and engaging games
- Improving our live virtual goods transaction system that processes thousands of transactions a day
- Building viral loops to increase engagement and games
- Making cutting edge analytics to help game developers analyse millions of game plays on thousands of websites
Required Skills
- Super smart software engineer
- Can learn new technologies & languages fast
- Excellent teamworking skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks
Additional Bonus Skills
- Ruby on Rails
- Django/Python
- MySql
- CSS
- Javascript
- AJAX
- Unix experience
- Flash AS2/AS3
Benefits
- Creating a product that is used by millions of people
- Working with small and nimble team of fun, smart people
- Coming up with product/strategy ideas and having them implemented
- Having control on what you work on and how you work on it
- Pushing code to production every day
- Competitive salary
- Early employee stock options
- Challenging and fun work environment
- Comfy Aeron Chair
- Custom Box and Screen Setup
- Medical Insurance
- Unlimited Coke/Coffee!
How To Apply
Email us at: jobs@heyzap.com
Front End - Technical Intern
We're looking for an intern who's passionate about the web, gaming and frontend development (HTML/JS/CSS). You'll be working on real production features of the site and be able to take responsibility for challenging and fun problems.
Required Skills
- Energetic software engineer
- Excellent teamworking skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks
- CSS/HTML
Additional Bonus Skills
- Ruby on Rails
- Ability to work with templates/frameworks (e.g. ruby on rails templates)
- MySql
- Javascript
- AJAX
- Unix experience
- Flash AS2/AS3
- Photoshop/Illustrator
Benefits
- Typical internship salary
- Flexible working hours
- Challenging and fun work environment
- Unlimited Coke/Coffee!
Back End - Technical Intern
We're looking for an intern who's passionate about backend engineering (preferably Ruby on Rails). You'll be working on real production features of the site and be able to take responsibility for challenging and fun problems. Also, did we mention this is a gaming company? :)
Required Skills
- Energetic software engineer
- Can learn new technologies & languages fast
- Excellent teamworking skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks
- Ruby on Rails
Additional Bonus Skills
- MySql
- CSS
- Javascript
- AJAX
- Unix experience
- Flash AS2/AS3
Benefits
- Typical internship salary
- Flexible working hours
- Challenging and fun work environment
- Unlimited Coke/Coffee!
Business Development Intern
Heyzap's looking for a business development intern with an interest in sales and marketing.
Required Skills
- A 'go get it' attitude with the ability to take initiative.
- Excel, Word, Office and email abilities
- Excellent teamworking skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks
Additional Bonus Skills
- Powerpoint skills
- Experience in sales
- Experience with technical products
Benefits
- Great experience with real clients
- Challenging and fun work environment
- Sales Commission
- Unlimited Coke/Coffee!
How To Apply
Email us at: jobs@heyzap.com
