Engineer focused on Game Security

Bungie is seeking a Game Security Engineer to design and maintain anti-cheat protections and detections for their game worlds. This role involves architecting and developing anti-cheat technology in C/C++ game clients, collaborating with data scientists to improve cheat detections, staying updated on cybersecurity developments, and maintaining relationships with external security partners. The engineer will also help formulate policies to enhance the security landscape, ensuring fair and honest gameplay and keeping players safe from bad actors.

Must Have

• Architect, develop, and maintain anti-cheat technology in our C/C++ game client(s)
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to develop and improve cheat detections
• Keep abreast of developments in the cybersecurity and OS development industries
• Develop and maintain relationships with external security partners
• Help come up with policies that improve our security landscape
• C/C++ application development (optimized code, data layout, robust access patterns)
• Low-level debugging skills (multi-threaded debugging, optimized code debugging, etc.)
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple disciplines and specializations, both technical and non-technical
• Knowledgeable about Windows APIs and Windows Kernel internals

Good to Have

• Anti-cheat or cybersecurity experience
• Familiarity with kernel mode operation
• C# and/or tools experience

Perks & Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts for Sony products
• Bonus package eligibility

Overview

Would you like to work on worlds that bring people together, collaborating with supportive industry talent, at a company that values work-life balance and is invested in creating an inclusive workplace for every employee? Are you serious about game security? Do you love digging into machine code? Are you keen to protect our games from bad actors? We build worlds that inspire friendships, and the Product Security Team exists to keep those worlds and our players safe.

You will design and maintain our anti-cheat protections and detections. As you develop expertise in these systems, you’ll be a resource for our analysts and data scientists in their hunt for malefactors. You’ll work with various customers and stakeholders to identify current and future security needs and workable solutions. Our team is a resource for our gameplay engineers and designers, helping them ensure fair and honest gameplay.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect, develop, and maintain anti-cheat technology in our C/C++ game client(s)
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to develop and improve cheat detections
• Keep abreast of developments in the cybersecurity and OS development industries
• Develop and maintain relationships with external security partners
• Help come up with policies that improve our security landscape

REQUIRED SKILLS

• C/C++ application development (optimized code, data layout, robust access patterns)
• Low-level debugging skills (multi-threaded debugging, optimized code debugging, etc.)
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple disciplines and specializations, both technical and non-technical
• Knowledgeable about Windows APIs and Windows Kernel internals

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Anti-cheat or cybersecurity experience
• Familiarity with kernel mode operation
• C# and/or tools experience

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This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$189,000—$223,000 USD

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