At Argus Labs, we are shaping the future of video games through applied research in distributed systems and game design. We believe online game worlds should be open and interconnected, rather than closed siloes controlled by platform giants.
Argus is an MMO game developer and publisher built around a collective of hackers and designers in pursuit of the next great paradigm shift in the video game industry.
As an applied research lab with an integrated game studio/publisher, we are uniquely positioned to lead the way. We build our own games that are native to our infrastructure. This allows us to fully understand and utilize the capabilities of our platform, resulting in novel game designs built around the platform's unique power and quirks.
Backed by the best
We recently raised $10 million in seed funding led by Haun Ventures with participation from angels in tech and gaming such as Elad Gil, Balaji Srinivasan, Kevin Aluwi, Siqi Chen, etc.
Read more about who we are at https://argus.gg
About the role
Argus Labs hires a highly competitive cohort of junior/fresh graduates based in Indonesia. The role doesn't expect you to have prior working experience in software engineering; we are here to show you the ropes through our engineering team distributed across Silicon Valley and Indonesia. We pay above-market salary for competitive applicants.
Responsibilities
Contribute to World Engine core protocol engineering.
Participate in research engineering efforts on domains including but not limited to: compilers/interpreters and applied cryptography.
Design, develop, and maintain the web platform product suite, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and performance.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define and implement new features and improvements.
Ensure code quality through code reviews, testing, and automation.
Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
Requirements
This is a fresh graduate role; while no work experience is needed, we highly index on past demonstration of software engineering capabilities such as:
Highly technical personal projects (compilers/interpreters, P2P, byzantine fault-tolerant distributed system, cryptography, etc)
Competitive programming competitions (OSN, IOI, ICPC, USACO, Google Code Jam, etc)
Capture-The-Flag competitions (GEMASTIK, DEFCON, PicoCTF, etc)
Other related competitions/contests (Intel ISEF, Google Code-in, Google Summer of Code, etc)
Computer Science (or other relevant technical degree) from reputable local or international universities.
Fluent in both spoken and written English.
Nice to have
Perks & benefits
For full-time employees
A note for the game industry veterans: no crunch :-)
Flexible PTO (2 weeks required) + holidays
100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance (US)
401k (US)
Up to $1500 desk set-up stipend
Company retreats
We’re an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
