February 2009

Playyoo, the mobile games community where mobile game players and game creators meet to freely exchange mobile games, is seeking to hire a Web/Flex/Flash Engineer for the development of its social mobile games platform (m.playyoo.com and www.playyoo.com).
In a young and dynamic environment, the successful candidate will work on a highly creative and challenging project where her/his contribution can influence the overall company’s success.
The candidate must have a proven track experience working as Web/Flex/Flash engineer on complex Internet solutions in multitier and/or mobile architectures.

Job description
As a Web/Flex/Flash Engineer you will work in a team to develop and provide technically advanced (mobile) Internet solutions at the cutting edge of technology.
Qualification
·         Knowledge Flash (8 and CS3), Flash Lite, Flex and Actionscript (2 and 3)
·         Strong HTML design & coding, JavaScript, XHTML, XML, AJAX, CSS (JSP, Facelets, JSF, Struts 2.0 are a plus)
·         Experience with Flash XML and Flash Remoting, SWF 2 Image, Flasm and SWF Tools
·         Extensive experience with integration with back-end servers
·         Working knowledge of creative media tools such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator
We appreciate
·         Experience in rich internet applications based on J2EE technology (Java Beans technology)
·         Knowledge of the Granite and Flagstone software libraries
·         Experience in using the Glassfish application server
·         Experience in using the PostgreSQL ORDBMS
·         Experience in using ImageMagick library
·         Experience in developing with the NetBeans IDE
Other skills
·         Ability to work in heterogeneous teams
·         Expertise to take initiatives and decisions and to shoulder the responsibility

Playyoo SA is based in the city of Lugano, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, in Switzerland. The location offers an excellent quality of life, less than an hour away both from the Swiss Alps and the city of Milan.
For the successful candidate Playyoo SA will manage all the local requirements for the issuing of the required work permits as well as assist with relocation requirements.
For further information on this position or to submit applications please contact ivan.stefanini@playyoo.com.

We’re pleased to announce the debut of the Playyoo application for Facebook. If you’re on Facebook (which of course you MUST be - who isn’t ?), then sign in and do a search for Playyoo. Join in and tell all your friends!

We’re just getting started - watch out for many new fun ways to use Playyoo inside Facebook over the coming months.