Junior Game Developer (Java / libGDX)

About Weekday: Weekday is a premier, hyper-growth technical staffing innovator and digital talent marketplace dedicated to matching specialized software engineers with modern data-driven enterprises and artificial intelligence research labs globally. By streamlining the sourcing, vetting, and interviewing cycles, Weekday enables companies to expand their technical capabilities without regional constraints. Operating under an agile, performance-driven workflow, the platform focuses on bridging domain-specific software engineering skills with state-of-the-art machine reinforcement tracks, helping global teams capture high-signal operational data smoothly and scale their digital products effectively.

Position Overview

We are seeking a proactive, self-motivated Junior Game Developer (Java / libGDX) to join our core technical group in a flexible, remote contractor capacity supporting one of our strategic clients. In this unique software engineering and AI dataset generation seat, you will claim individual accountability for creating, maintaining, and optimizing straightforward 2D game features and mechanics. Moving completely away from boilerplate commercial game publishing, your primary objective is to build controlled interactive workflows that help train next-generation artificial intelligence systems. Your source-code outputs will directly influence how advanced machine learning models learn, reason, and operate by providing highly deterministic, error-free environmental data. No previous experience in artificial intelligence is required—what counts is your solid foundational grasp of object-oriented code structures and 2D physics primitives.

Key Responsibilities

• 2D Game Feature Engineering: Design, build, and optimize clean 2D game mechanics and interactive software features natively utilizing Java and the libGDX framework.
• AI Training Data Gathering: Collaborate cross-functionally alongside artificial intelligence specialists to model engaging game scenarios optimized to extract high-quality reinforcement learning data.
• Fundamental Loop Development: Program stable runtime game components, managing game loops, input handling matrices, multi-track sprite renderers, and asset loading states.
• Code Debugging & Performance Triage: Proactively identify, profile, and resolve code anomalies or thread blockages to guarantee optimal frame rates and components stability.
• Technical Documentation Mapping: Author comprehensive, structured documentation outlines mapping game procedures, operational rules, and asset dependency trees for multi-disciplinary training teams.
• Collaborative Code Auditing: Engage actively inside team code reviews, adopting strict internal programming conventions and seeking peer suggestions to accelerate technical velocity.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Solid baseline understanding of Java programming and object-oriented design (OOD) software design principles.
• Practical, hands-on configuration experience building 2D game prototypes or demos natively inside the libGDX framework (demonstrated via personal projects, coursework, or prototypes).
• Conceptual grasp of core game design mathematics, including game loop execution, sprite animations, and multi-tenant input processing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication mechanics, highlighting a strong capacity to articulate technical concepts and author clean code documentation.
• Hiring Process Alignment: Active willingness to participate in an AI-driven video technical screen as part of the formal evaluation pipeline.
• Location Context: Contract-based parameters open exclusively to qualified junior developers permanently located across India or the United States, executing from home in a fully remote setup.

Preferred Strategic Indicators (Nice to Have)

• A functional code portfolio demonstrating lightweight games or interactive applications (direct links to playable web demos or active GitHub repositories are highly preferred).
• Familiarity with foundational physics math, encompassing vector components, collision detection bounds, and coordinate transformations.
• Practical background versioning software code repositories using Git distributed systems within collaborative project setups.

What We Offer

• Experience-Calibrated Hourly Compensation: A flexible, high-yield contractor rate range calibrated between $20 – $120 / hour, tailored transparently to reward your individual domain mechanics.
• The exceptional professional canvas to showcase your game design skills, directly programming the interactive data environments training tomorrow’s global AI systems.
• Profound work-from-home remote parameters offering total lifestyle flexibility, independent scheduling, and zero geographical office drag.
• Integration into an advanced, AI-forward engineering culture focused on rapid delivery, continuous technical discovery, and low-friction output metrics.