Junior Game Developer

Title: Junior Game Developer

Location: Columbia, Maryland

Company Background

Since its founding in 2007, APV's portfolio of clients has grown significantly. As a well-established, woman-owned, Small Business Association-certified 8(a) company, APV has become a small business leader in supporting a multitude of clients, from more than 15 federal and state agencies, including the Department of Defense, to civilian organizations. As of 2021, APV has executed 70 plus prime contracts and received exceptional performance and client service ratings. APV is currently working on more than 30 government projects. APV has a wide portfolio of contracts and “Best-in-Class” contract vehicles, including GSA MAS, OASIS Small Business, and 8(A) Pool 1, CIO-SP3 SB & 8(a) across all functional areas, HCaTS, and several other industry-specific BPA and IDIQs. 

APV is a mature company dedicated to quality and exceptional delivery to meet its clients’ missions. We understand personnel is an essential part of this. We hire the best and take care of the people who come work for us. We continue to maintain 96% employee satisfaction and have a high retention rate, well above the industry average for our small business peers. We do this by offering a competitive compensation plan and a leadership that is dedicated to employee growth and advancement.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create high quality mini-games representing top mobile apps in the marketplace
• Collaborate with design and business teams to understand partner objectives and achieve business needs.
• Create applications that address the phases of SDLC (software development life cycle)
• Develop comprehensive application testing procedures.
• Update existing applications to meet the security and functionality standards as outlined in the company's technical solution policies.
• Open to work on any assigned tasks based on business need.
• Ability to work on AI tools and technologies, write prompts, train AI models and ensure data security.
• Ability to work with leading game engines and publish AR/VR/MR applications and games as per business needs.

Education:

BA/BS degree in computer science, game development or related fields; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Software Skills Requirement:

• 1-2 years’ experience in one of the technologies like Python, NodeJs, Angular, PHP, C#
• Proficiency with at least one popular game engine (e.g. Unity 3D, Unreal, CRYENGINE, GameMaker Studio)
• Motivation to maintain and improve game development standards.
• Strong work ethic, flexibility, and ability to execute high quality work within deadlines with little supervision.
• Ability to grasp multiple project requirements with high attention to detail.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to set and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in high-pressure situations.
• Technical writing skills
• Strong written/verbal communication skills

Other Essential Experience, Skills, and abilities required:

• Must be local to the DMV area. The current position is remote but needs to be able to be on-site as needed for the project and APV meetings and work.
• Must be a US citizen.
• 1-2 years of professional experience in game development

• 1 years' SDLC implementation experience
• Proficiency in Photoshop for basic image editing
• Passionate about the gaming / mobile app industry!
• Ability to create support documentation for all new applications.
• Strong teamwork skills
• Proven knowledge of the most current security and web development programming languages

Other Skills/abilities preferred but not required:

• Any Unity Certification is a bonus.

About A P Ventures

A P Ventures is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status. Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability candidates are encouraged to apply. Qualified military veterans are encouraged to apply.