Senior Mobile Anticheat Engineer
3 months ago
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ECOSEC
What We Do
Our ECOSEC team provides a safer experience for Epic's users. We work across multiple products and services to improve technology and craft transparent policies so our players and users can have positive experiences on our platforms.
What You'll Do
Epic Games is looking for a Senior Mobile Anti-Cheat Engineer to join the efforts to protect our games against cheaters and other bad actors. You will be the main responsible individual for the excellence of our anti-cheat efforts on mobile with opportunities to contribute across the board on our anti-cheat work. The ideal candidate has extensive experience developing low-level software and a security background. This is an incredible opportunity to create a fun and safe environment for millions of players and positively impact the entire Epic ecosystem.
In this role, you will
- Develop new technologies that identify untrustworthy mobile devices in our games
- Collaborate with engineers, data analysts, and other developers to improve existing safety and security processes
- Monitor and reverse engineer emerging threats to implement appropriate remediations
- Design and implement strategies and tactics to make it harder for attackers to analyze and circumvent our security checks
What we're looking for
- Expert knowledge of operating system concepts, especially as applied in mobile device operating systems
- Expert knowledge of C++ in a game security environment
- Ability to read and understand ARM64 assembly code
- Ability to reverse engineer binaries including mobile packages like IPA and APK files
- Knowledge of software obfuscation techniques
- You are comfortable working with large codebases and can independently write and maintain robust code that will ship across millions of devices
- Knowledge of game cheating techniques
- Technical understanding of mobile device exploitation, security, or root/jailbreak procedures
- Knowledge of Unreal Engine
- You’re user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
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