Anti-Cheat Engineer

Overview

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences. Become part of a team working on large-scale creative projects in an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with talented people in the industry.

Rockstar is looking for a talented Anti-Cheat Engineer. You will be committed to ensuring our games and services remain secure and enjoyable by protecting against cheaters, vulnerabilities, and exploits. In this dynamic role you’ll work closely with other engineering and product teams to research, reverse engineer, and implement solutions that mitigate threats to the player experience and stay ahead of evolving attack vectors. This is a full-time, permanent, in-office position based in Rockstar’s game development studio in London.

Responsibilities

• Engage in day-to-day operations of the anti-cheat and anti-fraud programme.
• Utilise reverse engineering capabilities to analyse and report on malicious code.
• Fine-tune and support anti-cheat measures and in-game abuse prevention systems.
• Conduct in-depth assessments on emergent game security risks that pose a threat to the business.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security controls and detection.
• Support the active development of internal tooling and anti-cheat solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience in reverse engineering software/malware analysis.
• C/C++ experience with understanding of multi-threaded programming techniques.
• Proven experience analysing cheats, game exploits, and other similar abuse vectors.
• Prior experience in software development using Agile frameworks.

Skills

• Strong analytical mind with problem-solving skills.
• Technical background in reverse engineering, malware analysis, hacking/cracking.
• Experience with scripting and process automation.
• Experience with static and dynamic memory analysis.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable (Pluses)

• Experience working with online games, live services, or large-scale AAA multiplayer environments.
• Experience with modern client security features (DRM, anti-cheat).
• Experience with malware anti-analysis techniques (e.g., obfuscation, virtualization, manual memory mapping).
• Experience with Python.
• Experience with packet and/or web capture software (e.g. Wireshark, Fiddler).
• Demonstrable experience of vulnerability research and write-ups.

How To Apply

Please apply with a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Equal Opportunity

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process and to qualified employees to perform their roles. For information about reasonable accommodation policies or to request an accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Computer Games

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