AMPED2PLAY has an extensive history in technology that includes data applications, system design, and spatial (geographic) data solutions. Although founded to deliver play-based solutions, AMPED2PLAY uses technology to support its three business areas of Diversity & Inclusion, Performance and GEOAccess, with GEOAccess being focused on technology solutions.

Project Scope

Our present focus within the GEOAccess business area is the launch of a mobile App called ACCESS4You. The App’s premise deals with the current lack of accurate, quality-controlled, location-based information about accessible services, facilities, and programming available to consumers with visible, non-visible, and changing adaptive needs. Direct feedback from the adaptive community indicates difficulty when accessing arts and entertainment, health and beauty, housing and accommodation, medical care, sport and recreation, and transportation services. This issue reflects a global lack of connectivity to access for consumer services.

ACCESS4You provides consumers with adaptive needs the capability to match their personalized accessibility needs with what is currently available from both for-profit and non-profit service providers.

COVID-19 Impact

Given the onset of the global pandemic we now face, recognition that individuals with adaptive needs are often an extremely vulnerable population has become clearly evident. ACCESS4You will also become a mobile resource supporting the changing landscape caused by the COVID-19.

The primary focus for the student will be:

We are looking for an innovative Mobile App Developer who can creatively link data gathered from individuals with adaptive needs and service providers (both for and non-profit) who see the marketable benefit of providing services to those with adaptive needs. The data is geospatial in nature, and users must have the ability to view, query and negotiate the gathered data in a geospatial context, with a focus on ease of use and mobile functionality.

The App is intended to use existing APIs and where logical, the development of additional APIs can be accomplished. The data gathered through the App will be managed in a cloud environment, of which machine learning protocols will be developed and implemented to ensure the data available to the user is current through ongoing validation and provides user based feedback (ratings) and informative marketable strategies to service providers through a geospatial feedback process. The successful candidate will work closely with AMPED2PLAY leadership team in building the final solution of ACCESS4You, which is currently in development.

The ideal candidate will be cross-functional and interdisciplinary, able to learn and work in more than one development team role, such as system design and analysis, application programming, database design, programming and application testing.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Gain experience focusing on mobile applications development in iOS or Android environment.
• Will learn more about fundamental AI and machine learning concepts. Prior experience in data science projects is highly desirable.
• Will gain experience in product development experience, preferably in regulated industry, and in high volume consumer market.
• Gain experience with integrated front-end, back-end applications or data service.
• Will become familiar with Agile development process and has been contributing to all phases of the SW product development cycle. Understand the key elements required towards achieving high software quality.

Preferred Skills:

• Collaborative team player in a technical setting
• Willing and able to expand their knowledge and expertise
• Strong and creative problem-solving
• Driven to set and meet goals consistently
• Knows their way around data modeling
• Thinks geospatially and has a high GIS competency
• Thrives in innovation