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Heyzap is changing the way publishers and developers think about games. We have loads of new ideas in mind and we need help building them, so we’re looking for our 4th full-time team member to work on exciting new projects in our sunny San Francisco office. If you think that could be you, read on!

About you:
Heyzap’s looking for a talented engineer with extensive experience; hopefully you have made one or more sites that clearly illustrate your capabilities. You should be a technical generalist, meaning you are comfortable and eager to work on what is needed and learn what is necessary, in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.

Advantages of working for Heyzap:
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.

About Heyzap:
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.

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
• MySql
• CSS
• Javascript
• AJAX
• Unix experience
• Flash AS2/AS3

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Early employee stock options
• Challenging and fun work environment

How To Apply:

• Email us at: jobs@heyzap.com

We are really excited to announce the launch of Heyzap Payments: a system to let any flash game developer sell virtual goods from with their game.

We received a great reception from the press:

TechCrunch

VentureBeat

Payments inside flash games are going to be huge this year and we have worked hard to make the process as easy and painless as possible for developers to integrate. We have also produced a smooth user flow which is improving with each iteration we do. Here are some common uses of our payments sytem:

• Item purchases – buy swords shields
• Level access – let user access premium levels
• Mechanic upgrades – let users change gravity and other special mechanic
• Bonus upgrades – let players save time in the game
• Full version upgrades – let the user upgrade from a demo mode to a full version
• Content upgrades – let users access special content e.g. a secret video
• Social upgrades – let users perform special social interactions like private messaging each other

This is only the beginning of the Heyzap Payment platform. It compliments are current set of publisher tools and we are looking forward to getting what on our whiteboards into code!

We think this is a great opportunity for game developers to monetize and spread the benefits over the entire ecosystem. This launch is also great for website publishers as they can now be involved in revenue from virtual goods.

Watch this space….