Reverse Engineer (Anti - Cheat)

Electronic Arts

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Work type: On-site
Location: United Kingdom · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden · Madrid, Spain · Bucharest, Romania
Posted: 2 days ago

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The Reverse Engineer I role at Electronic Arts's Security team in the SPEAR department involves analyzing and mitigating cheats developed against EA’s games to ensure fair play. This position requires daily work with assembly language, debuggers like WinDbg or x64dbg, and disassemblers such as Ghidra or IDA Pro to reverse engineer user-mode cheats on PC, mobile, and consoles. Responsibilities include documenting cheat functionalities, performing anti-cheat assessments of pre-release products, and advising game teams on mitigation strategies. Ideal candidates should have a strong grasp of operating system fundamentals, experience with C++/C#/Java/.NET CIL, and the ability to articulate technical issues clearly across different audiences. This role demands expertise in cryptography, software development, and rapid skill acquisition to tackle evolving security challenges in gaming.

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x86/x64 WinDbg x64dbg Ghidra IDA Pro Binary Ninja radare2 C++ C# .NET CIL Java cryptography Python JavaScript Node.js GitHub Git Linux Windows macOS APIs RESTful APIs JSON XML network protocols TCP/IP HTTP HTTPS SSL/TLS reverse engineering anti-cheat debugging disassembly automation CI/CD

What you'll do

Reverse engineer unobfuscated user-mode cheats for PC, mobile, and consoles.
Document and report on the functionality of analyzed cheats.
Perform anti-cheat assessments on pre-release products to ensure security.
Consult with game teams to mitigate specific cheat threats effectively.
Identify new cheat variants and suggest solutions to defeat them.
Articulate technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical partners.

What we're looking for

Knowledge of x86/x64 assembly language and ability to use debuggers like WinDbg or gdb.
Experience with disassemblers such as Ghidra, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or radare2.
Ability to reverse engineer user-mode cheats for PC, mobile, and consoles.
Software development experience including writing tools, scripts, and extensions.
Familiarity with cryptography fundamentals and mobile platforms.
Excellent verbal and written English skills, interpersonal abilities, and professionalism.

Reverse Engineer Researcher

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA 142 days ago

IDA_Pro Ghidra Binary_Ninja x32dbg x64dbg gdb WinDbg C C++ Python Go Java PE_file_format ELF_file_format Mach-O_file_format Wireshark netcat Frida QEMU Unicorn_Engine AI ML

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