Lead Game Security Engineer
Rebellion Developments24 hours ago
Runcorn, United Kingdom +2 moreStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build and manage a team developing and maintaining software that defends against cheating, piracy, and other threats.
- Own the framework for monitoring, investigating, identifying, and mitigating security threats.
- Develop internal reverse-engineering capabilities to analyze and report on malicious code.
- Collaborate with code teams to embed security best practices into the development environment.
- Support QA in building the capability to validate and safely release defensive software.
Requirements
- Extensive senior or leadership-level experience delivering anti-cheat and DRM functionality safely and successfully for C++ software.
- Strong expertise implementing anti-cheat techniques and digital rights management technologies, with the ability to develop those skills in team members.
- Demonstrable experience reverse engineering and analyzing game cheats, DRM circumvention, and similar abuse vectors.
- Deep understanding of PE and ELF file formats and tools such as IDA Pro or Ghidra.
- Experience shipping or operating online, multiplayer, or live-service games at scale is desirable.
- Knowledge of cryptography and network protocols, including OpenSSL and Wireshark, is desirable.
- Published security research, responsible disclosure, or public white-hat work is desirable.
- Familiarity with the Windows Resiliency Initiative is desirable.
Benefits
- Full-time on-site role based at the Oxford, Warwick, or Runcorn studios.
- Relocation package including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and transition support.
- 22 days of holiday plus Christmas closure and bank holidays, increasing with service up to 31 days.
- Private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, dental and vision coverage.
- Life assurance, income protection, critical illness cover, enhanced family leave, pension scheme, and wellbeing support.
- Interest-free, tax-free loans, discounts, freebies, social events, and free parking at the Oxford studio.
About Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments is an independent game developer and publisher creating PC, console, and mobile titles for global players, best known for the Sniper Elite and Zombie Army series. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Oxford, it remains privately held by founders Jason and Chris Kingsley. Beyond games, Rebellion owns the 2000 AD comic brand (including Judge Dredd) and operates a film studio, plus book, graphic novel, and board game publishing.