Senior Anti-Cheat Reverse Engineer

Electronic Arts (EA); Polska; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts seeks a Senior Reverse Engineer to join the SPEAR team and lead anti-cheat assessments across EA’s games. You will analyze cheats from client-side tampering to network-based cheating and review thick-client source code.

You will craft testing scopes and advise game teams on cheat mitigation to ensure fair gameplay. Responsibilities include reverse engineering cheats for PC, mobile, and consoles, documenting findings, and developing automation tools for reverse engineering in both

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ARM architecture.
• Knowledge of operating system internals for Windows, Android & Linux.
• Knowledge of operating system fundamentals (processes, threads, virtual memory).
• Read x86/x64 assembly language.
• Experience with debugging tools (WinDbg, x64dbg, OllyDbg, gdb).
• Experience with disassemblers (Ghidra, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, radare2).
• Proficiency in at least three of C++, C#, Java, or .NET CIL.
• Knowledge of cryptography and obfuscation techniques.
• Drive change throughout the SPEAR organisation.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer obfuscated user-mode and kernel-mode cheats for PC, mobile and consoles.
• Document and report on the functionality of the cheats analysed.
• Solve defined technical problems in cheating space.
• Create anti-cheat assessment scoping documents and test-cases.
• Perform anti-cheat assessments of pre-release products.
• Advise game teams on reducing cheat classes.
• Develop tools, scripts, and extensions for automation and reverse engineering.
• Identify cheat variants that defeat mitigations and propose solutions.

Skills

ARM architecture

OS fundamentals

OS internals

x86/x64 assembly

Drive change

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Information Security certifications such as CEH, CISSP, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, and Security+

Tools

WinDbg

x64dbg

OllyDbg

gdb

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binary Ninja

radare2

Job description

Electronic Arts seeks a Senior Reverse Engineer to join the SPEAR team and lead anti-cheat assessments across EA’s games. You will analyze cheats from client-side tampering to network-based cheating and review thick-client source code.

You will craft testing scopes and advise game teams on cheat mitigation to ensure fair gameplay. Responsibilities include reverse engineering cheats for PC, mobile, and consoles, documenting findings, and developing automation tools for reverse engineering in both