Senior Reverse Engineer - Anti Cheat

As a Senior Reverse Engineer on the EA Security team, you will perform anti-cheat assessments covering client-side tampering and network-based cheating. You will also conduct source code reviews of thick clients to gauge against cheat/hack tools.

Your primary job will be to analyse cheats developed against EA's games and make it harder for cheat developers to create new cheats. This will help ensure fair and fun gaming experiences for EA's customers across all of EA's games.

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 and advise 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
• Knowledge of operating system fundamentals
• Experience with debuggers and disassemblers
• Understanding of 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
• Experience building tools that automate cheat-related tasks
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering or anti-cheat/anti-malware development