Anti-Cheat Engineering Manager - Mobile Vanguard

The Briefed; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 246,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation + equity

Health, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Open PTO

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking an Anti-Cheat Engineering Manager for Mobile Vanguard to lead a team responsible for the ongoing development, architecture, and deployment of Vanguard Anti-Cheat services across iOS, Android, and consoles. You will recruit and mentor engineers, set priorities, and balance immediate threat mitigation with long-term security investments.

You will guide architecture using your fluency in mobile platform security, C/C++ native SDKs, and reverse engineering, collaborating with

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering and/or engineering management experience.
• Proven experience identifying, recruiting, hiring, and coaching technical ICs.
• Deep technical understanding of Android and/or iOS platform security models (kernel/user-space, process isolation).
• Practical experience building, testing, and deploying mobile native (C/C++) SDKs, frameworks, or libraries.
• Strong grasp of mobile memory management, security controls, and runtime binary execution.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, interview, and manage a high-performing engineering team.
• Set direction and oversee Vanguard Anti-Cheat features across mobile and console environments.
• Lead rapid threat mitigation translating cheat techniques into detections and countermeasures.
• Partner with Riot game studios to evaluate security profiles and integrate Vanguard SDKs.
• Promote secure coding practices and platform security controls to prevent abuse vectors.
• Lead complex debugging, memory forensics, or reverse engineering investigations when needed.

Skills

Leadership & Hiring

Recruitment & Coaching

Android/iOS Security Models

Mobile Native SDKs (C/C++)

Memory Management & Security

Mobile Build Chains & Compilers

Reverse Engineering Tools

Gen9 Console / macOS Security

Game Security & DRM

Tools

Frida

IDA Pro

Radare2

Android SDK/NDK

Xcode

LLVM

Mach-O/ELF Formats

Job description

Riot Games' Anti-Cheat team is focused on setting the highest bar for game integrity across competitive multiplayer titles worldwide.

As the Anti-Cheat Engineering Manager for Mobile Vanguard, you will lead the engineering team responsible for the ongoing development, architecture, and deployment of Vanguard Anti-Cheat services across iOS and Android platforms (with extensions into console environments). Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager of Anti-Cheat, you will recruit and mentor engineers, set technical priorities, and balance immediate threat mitigation with long-term security investments. You will leverage your technical fluency in mobile platform security, C/C++ native SDKs, and reverse engineering to guide architecture, investigate emerging exploit techniques, and partner with game studios to protect player experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Hiring: Identify, recruit, interview, and manage a high-performing engineering team; coach talent, manage performance, and foster career development.
• Mobile Anti-Cheat Strategy: Set direction and oversee the production delivery of Vanguard Anti-Cheat features across mobile (Android/iOS) and console environments.
• Rapid Threat Mitigation: Lead the team in translating emerging mobile cheat techniques, memory manipulation, and hook methods into resilient detections and preventative countermeasures.
• Game Studio Integration: Partner directly with Riot game development teams across genres to evaluate specific security profiles, reduce cheat vectors, and integrate Vanguard SDKs.
• Secure Architecture & Standards: Promote secure coding practices, binary protection, and platform-level security controls that systematically eliminate abuse vectors.
• Investigation & Technical Leadership: Stay ahead of the mobile cheating ecosystem, stepping directly into complex debugging, memory forensics, or reverse engineering investigations when needed.

Requirements

Management & Professional Experience

• 4+ years of professional software engineering and/or engineering management experience.
• Proven experience identifying, recruiting, hiring, and coaching technical individual contributors.

Mobile Platform & Native Security Depth

• Deep technical understanding of Android and/or iOS platform security models, kernel/user-space separation, and process isolation.
• Practical experience building, testing, and deploying mobile native (C/C++) SDKs, frameworks, or static/dynamic libraries.
• Strong grasp of mobile memory management, security controls, and runtime binary execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mobile build chains and compilers (Android SDK/NDK, Xcode, LLVM).
• Familiarity with mobile executable formats (ELF, Mach-O), binary exploitation, and reverse engineering tools (Frida, IDA Pro, Radare2).
• Experience or familiarity with Gen9 Console development (Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5) or macOS platform security features.
• Background working on game security, DRM systems, endpoint security, or anti-malware technologies.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation & Equity: Base salary of $246,300 – $343,400 USD + performance incentive compensation + corporate equity grants.
• Health & Family Care: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage options; parental leave for employees, spouses/partners, and children.
• Retirement & Financial: 401(k) program with company match, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Work Culture & PTO: Open paid time off (PTO) policy and flexible work schedules.