Reverse Engineer

Requisition Number: 157903

Position Title: Assoc Software Engineer - Security

External Description:

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

We are EA, and we are the world’s leading game company, entertaining millions of people across the globe with the most amazing, immersive interactive software in the industry – how cool is that? Whether you’re into FIFA, Madden Football, Battlefield, Star Wars, The Sims, or Plants vs. Zombies, we’ve got you covered. But making games is hard work, and EA has plans to do even more, connecting players with their friends in new ways and ensuring play continues no matter which device you’re using.

Summary

Do you dream in assembly language? Do you spend more time in a debugger than you do in nature? Do you know the difference between an aimbot and a triggerbot? And do you think that players have the right to a fair and fun gaming experience? If so, this is the job for you.

The Reverse Engineer is a key member of the EA Security team. As a Reverse Engineer, your primary job will be to analyze cheats developed against EA’s games and to make it harder for cheat developers to create new cheats to be used against EA’s games. Your work will help ensure fair and fun gaming experiences for EA’s customers across all of EA’s games.

In addition to analyzing existing cheats, you’ll get your hands-on new EA games prior to release so that you can work with developers to make it harder for players to cheat in their games. You’ll also regularly review internal and external anti-cheat technologies and advise developers on the available options. You’ll communicate your findings and recommendations across teams to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of reverse engineering principals and a passion to learn new technologies, challenge assumptions, and find new ways to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer unobfuscated user-mode cheats developed for PC, mobile, and consoles
• Document and report on the functionality of the cheats you’ve analyzed
• Solve well-defined technical problems
• Develop your reverse engineer skills and knowledge
• Consult with and advise EA game teams on how to mitigate specific cheats
• Identify cheat variants that defeat previous mitigations, and suggest solutions
• Use architecture and design documentation to create anti-cheat assessment scoping documents and define cheating test-cases for upcoming anti-cheat assessments
• Articulate technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical partners
• Identify needs and drive the development of your reverse engineering skills and knowledge

Requirements

• Ability to safely handle potentially malicious software
• Ability to pick up new technical skills quickly
• Excellent verbal and written English skills, interpersonal skills, and professionalism
• Knowledge of operating system fundamentals (processes, threads, virtual memory, etc.)
• Ability to read and understand x86/x64 assembly language
• Experience with debuggers such as WinDbg, x64dbg, OllyDbg, or gdb
• Experience with disassemblers such as Ghidra, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or radare2
• Ability to engage and articulate reverse engineering issues and cheating issues to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to identify knowledge gaps and seek the right sources to close those gaps

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. es una empresa de software de entretenimiento interactivo líder a nivel mundial. EA distribuye juegos, contenido y servicios en línea para consolas, ordenadores personales, teléfonos móviles y tabletas conectados a Internet.

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Days Open: 48

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.