Anti-Cheat Software Engineer

Requisition Number: 168033

Position Title: Software Engineer II

External Description:

EA Security 

The Secure Product Engineering & Anti-Cheat Response team ensures that all EA products are developed with the security and gameplay integrity of our players as a top priority. We partner with both platform development teams and game studios to ensure that security and gameplay integrity issues are identified and resolved throughout the application and service lifecycle.

We are looking for an Anti-Cheat Engineer with an interest in security and cheating in video games. As a member of the Anti-Cheat Engineering team, you will report to the Lead Anti-Cheat Engineer. You will be a software engineer, looking to solve any software engineering-related problems regardless of language or interface. To be successful in this role, you'll need to thrive on adaptability - jumping between languages, from front-end to back-end, and willing to develop and maintain a versatile skill set. In this role, you will help solve a critical problem for our players, ensuring they have a fair and level playing field.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer solutions to ensure cheating in our games is impossible, difficult or detectable
• Develop high-quality code day to day, picking up new languages and skills as needed to solve any problem across our entire tech stack
• Work on all aspects of software engineering, including testing, debugging, documentation, optimization and integration
• Work collaboratively with a small distributed team to produce and communicate quality solutions
• Ensure our designs are simple and effective, backed up with great documentation and testing

Qualifications:

• Solid knowledge of C++, Rust, and Javascript programming languages
• Solid experience with Visual Studio and deep knowledge of debugging tools
• Experience of Windows APIs and Windows internals
• Experience with source control systems
• Experience with common software engineering design patterns and paradigms
• Passion for online gaming and interest in the cheating problem space
• Experience working with or familiarity with the external security researching community, game cheat community, and/or identifying and leveraging cheats in games
• Experience with x86 assembly is a plus

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Community / Marketing Title: Anti-Cheat Software Engineer

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter interaktiver Unterhaltungssoftware. EA bietet Spiele, Inhalte und Online-Dienste für internetfähige Spielkonsolen, Personalcomputer, Mobiltelefone und Tablets an.

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Days Open: 145

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA engagiert sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung. Alle Personalentscheidungen werden unabhängig von Ethnie, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Abstammung, Geschlecht, Geschlechtsidentität oder ausgelebtem Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, genetischer Information, Religion, Behinderung, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Familienstand oder Veteranenstatus getroffen. EA sorgt außerdem für die durch geltendes Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Anpassungen am Arbeitsplatz für Individuen mit anerkannten Behinderungen.