Senior Security Engineer - Anti-Cheat Platform

Activision; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Activision Central Tech is seeking an Expert Engineer in Security to lead anti-cheat technology development for Call of Duty. You will design and refine systems, tackle complex security challenges, and collaborate with multiple studios to ensure robust protection across game clients.

Your role focuses on building scalable, low-latency security components, improving detection mechanisms, and contributing to the future of fair play in one of the world’s largest gaming communities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional software development experience.
• Proven experience working on large-scale complex systems.
• Deep familiarity with C++ codebases and refactoring.
• Experience with CI/CD, scalability, and automation in an engineering org.
• Expertise in debugging, optimization and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced anti-cheat technologies to stay ahead of threats.
• Analyze, update, and enhance protection frameworks to maintain top-tier security.
• Investigate, develop, and deploy cheat detection mechanisms to keep gameplay fair.
• Collaborate with engineers across studios to ensure seamless integration and performance.

Skills

C++

Large-scale systems

CI/CD

Debugging

Optimization

Performance tuning

Assembly language

Game engine internals

Reverse engineering

DevOps

Algorithms & data structures

Cryptography basics

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Build systems

Job description

Activision Central Tech is seeking an Expert Engineer in Security to lead anti-cheat technology development for Call of Duty. You will design and refine systems, tackle complex security challenges, and collaborate with multiple studios to ensure robust protection across game clients.

Your role focuses on building scalable, low-latency security components, improving detection mechanisms, and contributing to the future of fair play in one of the world’s largest gaming communities.