Online Programmer

AGBO; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AGBO is seeking an Online Programmer to join our Interactive engineering team in Raleigh, NC. You will work with senior engineers on backend systems and server integration, ensuring game servers run smoothly and reliably.

The role emphasizes building scalable online services, supporting authentication, and bridging the connection flow through matchmaking to the game experience. Hybrid work in Raleigh is offered for capable candidates.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience with online or networked systems; working in the games industry is a plus.
• Familiarity with dev ops fundamentals like server provisioning and management.
• Exposure to matchmaking systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Help build and maintain the systems that keep gameplay smooth and consistent across clients.
• Support our backend team on player authentication and how the game connects to backend services.
• Assist with dev ops work like spinning up and maintaining game servers.
• Help carry work from the connection process into a matchmaking server through the complete flow into the game-side experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Online systems

DevOps basics

Matchmaking systems

Job description

About the Company:

Founded in 2017 by Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO is an artist-led independent studio shaping the future of film and television. The Russo Brothers and AGBO have generated more than $7 billion at the global box office, including Avengers: Endgame. The studio’s projects include Academy Award–winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, Netflix hits The Gray Man, Extraction, and The Whisper Man, and Prime Video’s visceral thriller The Bluff and the global Citadel franchise.

AGBO is currently in production with Netflix on Tygo and Mercenary, both part of the Extraction universe, as well as with Lionsgate on John Rambo, a prequel to the iconic franchise. The studio is in post-production with Avengers: Doomsday, which will be released December 18, 2026. AGBO will begin shooting Avengers: Secret Wars later this year. Both upcoming Avengers films are directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and co-produced by AGBO and Marvel Studios.

In 2023, AGBO welcomed Donald Mustard—former Chief Creative Officer at Epic Games and co-creator of Fortnite—as a partner. Mustard brings a bold creative vision to AGBO: to expand what storytelling can be through immersive, interconnected worlds that span across media. We’re building the future of storytelling—and we’re looking for bold, creative minds to help shape it. If you’re ready to help define what comes next, we’d love to meet you.

Position Summary:

We're looking for an Online Programmer to join our Interactive engineering team and help support the online systems behind our projects. You'll work alongside senior engineers on backend systems and server integration, and help keep our game servers running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help build and maintain the systems that keep gameplay smooth and consistent across clients.
• Support our backend team on player authentication and how the game connects to backend services.
• Assist with dev ops work like spinning up and maintaining game servers.
• Help carry work from the connection process into a matchmaking server through the complete flow into the game-side experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 3–6 years of experience with online or networked systems; working in the games industry is a plus.
• Familiarity with dev ops fundamentals like server provisioning and management.
• Exposure to matchmaking systems is a plus.

Additional Information:

• This role requires candidates to be based in Raleigh, NC, for a hybrid work schedule.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

AGBO Labs LLC is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education and experience.

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The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position.