Senior ARM Platform Security Engineer - Anti-Cheat

Activision; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Activision is seeking a Senior Engineer for ARM Platform Security within Ricochet – Central Technology. The role focuses on porting security features to Windows on ARM and protecting Call of Duty’s competitive integrity across PC platforms.

You will work on anti-cheat innovations, core protection enhancements, and cross-studio collaboration to ensure performance and reliability in a large-scale game environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• 5+ years of experience with Windows Platform on ARM
• Proven experience with large-scale complex systems and C++ codebases
• Experience with 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 threats
• Strengthen Core Systems: Analyze, update and enhance protection frameworks
• Detect and Defend: Develop and deploy cheat detection mechanisms
• Collaborate Across Studios: Work with engineers across teams for seamless integration and performance
• Support game fairness and security across PC platforms

Skills

C++

CI/CD

Performance tuning

Debugging

Large-scale systems

Windows on ARM

Communication

Tools

Windows Internals

Refactoring

Job description

Activision is seeking a Senior Engineer for ARM Platform Security within Ricochet – Central Technology. The role focuses on porting security features to Windows on ARM and protecting Call of Duty’s competitive integrity across PC platforms.

You will work on anti-cheat innovations, core protection enhancements, and cross-studio collaboration to ensure performance and reliability in a large-scale game environment.