Senior Reverse Engineer - Anti Cheat

Electronic Arts is a global gaming company that inspires players and fans worldwide with next-generation entertainment experiences.

As a Senior Reverse Engineer - Anti Cheat, you will play a crucial role in protecting EA's games from cheating and hacking. You will perform anti-cheat assessments, analyse cheats developed against EA's games, and make it harder for cheat developers to create new cheats.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer obfuscated user-mode and kernel-mode cheats developed for PC, mobile, and consoles
• Document and report on the functionality of the cheats you've analysed
• Solve technical problems in the cheating space
• Create anti-cheat assessment scoping documents and define cheating test cases
• Perform anti-cheat assessments of pre-release products
• Consult with EA game teams on how to reduce classes of cheats
• Develop tools, scripts, and extensions for automation and reverse engineering
• Identify cheat variants that defeat previous mitigations and suggest solutions

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ARM architecture
• Knowledge of operating system internals for Windows, Android, and Linux
• Understanding of operating system fundamentals (processes, threads, virtual memory)
• Ability to read 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
• Understanding of three or more programming languages: C++, C#, Java, or .NET CIL
• Knowledge of cryptography and obfuscation techniques

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security
• Information security certifications such as CEH, CISSP, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, and Security+
• Experience building tools that automate cheat-related tasks
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering or anti-cheat/anti-malware development