Senior Cheat Software Engineer
Rockstar Games3 months ago
Edinburgh, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Reverse engineer, analyze, debug, and document application behaviors.
- Develop, fine-tune, and support anti-cheat measures and in-game abuse-prevention systems.
- Lead root cause analysis for internally and publicly identified vulnerabilities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security controls and detection.
- Support development of internal tooling and anti-cheat solutions.
- Identify gaps in anti-cheat capabilities and detection workflows to improve the overall security posture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional, academic, or research experience in reverse engineering software or malware analysis.
- Strong C/C++ skills and experience with large codebases.
- Experience analyzing software and malware through static and dynamic analysis.
- Experience circumventing anti-analysis and anti-debugging techniques.
- Experience with scripting and process automation for reverse engineering and binary analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with online games, live services, or large-scale AAA multiplayer environments is desirable.
- Experience analyzing modern client security features, cheats, or game exploits is desirable.
- Demonstrable vulnerability research and write-up experience is desirable.
- Experience analyzing Windows kernel internals, including memory management, system calls, and driver interactions, is desirable.
- Experience with C# and Python is desirable.
Benefits
- Full-time, permanent position.
- In-office work at Rockstar’s game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Inclusive environment with opportunities to learn and collaborate.
- Reasonable accommodations are available during recruitment and employment.
About Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games develops and publishes console and PC video games for a global consumer audience, including the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series, and operates ongoing online services like GTA Online. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in New York City, it is a label of Take-Two Interactive and ships premium titles across multiple platforms through retail and digital storefronts.