Senior ARM Platform Security Engineer — Anti-Cheat

DEMONWARE (CANADA) , INC.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Activision is seeking a Senior Engineer to port and enhance security features for the Ricochet anti-cheat on Windows on ARM. You will contribute to protecting the integrity of Call of Duty across PC platforms and collaborate with multiple studios to ensure high-performance, robust security implementations.

The role emphasizes deep systems-level work, debugging, and optimization, with opportunities to influence future security technologies in a globally distributed engineering organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Windows Platform on ARM.
• Proven experience working on large-scale complex systems.
• Experience with C++ codebases and refactoring.
• Experience working in an engineering organization with a focus on CI/CD, scalability, and automation.
• Expertise in debugging, optimization and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Innovate and Evolve: Design and implement advanced anti-cheat technologies to stay ahead of emerging threats.
• Strengthen Core Systems: Analyze, update, and enhance existing protection frameworks to maintain top-tier security.
• Detect and Defend: Investigate, develop, and deploy cheat detection mechanisms that keep gameplay fair and fun.
• Collaborate Across Studios: Work closely with engineers across multiple teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.

Skills

Debugging

Performance tuning

CI/CD

Scalability

Automation

Problem solving

Tools

Windows Internals

Windows Security

C++

Build toolchains

Reverse engineering

Job description

Activision is seeking a Senior Engineer to port and enhance security features for the Ricochet anti-cheat on Windows on ARM. You will contribute to protecting the integrity of Call of Duty across PC platforms and collaborate with multiple studios to ensure high-performance, robust security implementations.

The role emphasizes deep systems-level work, debugging, and optimization, with opportunities to influence future security technologies in a globally distributed engineering organization.