Mobile Anti-Cheat Engineering Lead

Riot Games

Mercer Island (WA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and life insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off and flexible schedules

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking an Anti-Cheat Engineering Manager for Mobile Vanguard to lead the team responsible for Vanguard Anti-Cheat services on mobile. You will set direction, shape priorities, and ensure secure, reliable capabilities across Riot's mobile suite while guiding architecture and investigations when needed.

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Anti-Cheat team and collaborate with game teams to anticipate new cheat techniques and translate findings into effective

Qualifications

4+ years in the security field with mobile focus.
Deep understanding of Android/iOS security models.
Experience building mobile native C/C++ SDKs or frameworks.

Responsibilities

Lead recruitment and scale of the Anti-Cheat team for mobile.
Set direction and drive high-impact anti-cheat capabilities on mobile and console.
Translate emerging threats into detections and mitigations at scale.
Balance threat response with proactive technical investments.
Collaborate with game teams to address security needs and threats.
Promote secure coding standards across the team.
Stay current on cheats and techniques across mobile titles.
Support teams in understanding cheating ecosystems and anti-cheat integration.

Skills

Android security

iOS security

C/C++ development

Mobile SDKs

Tools

Frida

IDA Pro

Radare2

Job description

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Anti-Cheat team and collaborate with game teams to anticipate new cheat techniques and translate findings into effective

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