Senior Software Engineer

United StatesOnsiteFull TimeSenior$150,000–$185,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Rockstar Games is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years of C++ experience to join their Core Security team. This role focuses on developing and implementing security initiatives to protect games and services from cheaters, hackers, and exploiters. Responsibilities include creating anti-cheat, anti-piracy, and anti-tamper technologies, debugging security-related issues, and performance profiling. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of reverse engineering, cryptography, and game protection, with experience in tools like IDA Pro and handling crash dumps. This position is crucial for maintaining the integrity and intellectual property of Rockstar's titles.

### Who you are
- 7+ years of experience working in a software/security development team using C++
- Experience with security and/or game development
- Excellent problem-solving skills with an emphasis on debugging C++ code
- Analytical skills geared towards the measurement of system performance and memory use, plus the communication skills needed to generate solutions
- Independently able to take objectives from ideation to execution
- Strong understanding of reverse engineering concepts and methodologies
- Strong understanding of game protection technologies
- Experience with disassemblers and decompilers: IDA Pro
- Experience with core cryptography concepts
- Experience with crash dumps and x64

### What the job involves
- Rockstar Games is looking for a seasoned Senior Software Engineer (C++) to join our development team
- Our Core Security team is looking for a security focused engineer to help drive our various software security initiatives. The successful candidate will be committed to keeping our games and services fun for our players through defense against cheaters, hackers, exploiters, and all troublemakers
- The Core Security team is responsible for protecting our players, employees, and business
- We develop anti-cheat to preserve the integrity of our online experience
- We build anti-piracy measures to preserve our intellectual property
- We create and apply anti-tamper technologies to protect sensitive areas of code
- We support all Rockstar titles including Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption
- We work closely with many cross-functional teams to enhance the security of our games
- Create and innovate solutions to better secure our products from known vulnerabilities
- Research and implement various forms of anti-tamper technologies and anti-cheat technologies
- Debug exceptions to resolve issues related to obfuscation transformations and anti-tamper mechanisms
- Performance profile protected and unprotected code to meet expected performance requirements
- Follow software SDLC to integrate into the game team’s operations
- Test cross-platform software solutions to ensure quality

### The application process
- Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the proces

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