Senior Anti-Cheat Software Engineer

Rockstar Games; Dundee; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rockstar Games seeks a Senior Cheat Software Engineer in Dundee, Scotland. You will work with engineering and product teams to research and implement solutions that mitigate threats to the player experience while staying ahead of evolving attack vectors.

This is a full-time, permanent, in-office position based in Rockstar’s Dundee studio, with opportunities to collaborate across the team on large-scale, high-profile projects in the entertainment industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in reverse engineering software/malware analysis.
• Strong C/C++ skills and experience with large codebases.
• Proven experience analysing software and malware using static and dynamic analysis.
• Experience circumventing various anti-analysis and anti-debugging techniques.
• Strong analytical mind with problem-solving skills.
• Experience with scripting and process automation for reverse engineering and binary analysis.
• Excellent ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Reverse-engineer, analyse, debug, and document application behaviours.
• Develop, fine-tune, and support anti-cheat measures and in-game abuse prevention systems.
• Drive root cause analysis behind internally and publicly identified vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security controls and detection.
• Support the active development of internal tooling and anti-cheat solutions.
• Identify gaps in anti-cheat capabilities and detection workflows to drive development efforts.

Skills

Reverse engineering

C/C++

Malware analysis

Anti-analysis

Analytical thinking

Scripting & automation

Technical communication

Job description

Rockstar Games seeks a Senior Cheat Software Engineer in Dundee, Scotland. You will work with engineering and product teams to research and implement solutions that mitigate threats to the player experience while staying ahead of evolving attack vectors.

This is a full-time, permanent, in-office position based in Rockstar’s Dundee studio, with opportunities to collaborate across the team on large-scale, high-profile projects in the entertainment industry.