Associate Engineer Apprentice

The Mom Project is thrilled to partner with our client, a leader in the video game and digital entertainment industry, in support of their Apprentice Pathway Program (APP)!

 APP is a workforce development program that provides apprenticeships to job seekers from nontraditional backgrounds. We are seeking a Software Engineering professional returning to the workforce after taking time off from their careers for caregiving. The apprenticeship program includes 6 months of paid employment, featuring hands-on work and the opportunity to contribute to ongoing projects.

This role will be a part of a cohort and will begin in January 2026.

Role Overview:

• Work with a team that builds and maintains reliable, high-performance server services. This team oversees 24 microservices and 3 internal tools that are critical to powering both the PS4 and PS5

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Learn about the overall architecture of the components maintained by the team for PS5 services
• Maintain, update, and extend RESTful Web Services API
• Work with algorithms that deal with massive data sets to power these APIs
• Produce excellent, thorough design and development documentation
• Develop with agile methodology

Qualifications:

Must Haves:

• Good communication skills
• Ability to learn new technologies (for example, unit testing frameworks, CI/CD)
• Familiarity with backend software development, Java, and Asynchronous Web Application Programming
• At least 1 year of prior experience as a Software Engineer.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with backend services
• Database: NoSQL, SQL
• Applications: Kubernetes, AWS
• Automated Testing

Hours and Location:

• Monday - Friday, 40 hours/week
• Candidates must be based in the San Mateo, CA area. Work will be primarily remote, with occasional days (at least 1x/month) on-site for workshops, trainings, or team gatherings
• Cohort will begin in January 2026