As an experienced engineer on our Game Security Engineering team, you will shape the technology that protects our games and have an impact across the gaming industry! You will work with all games and software platforms produced by Blizzard.

You’ll be exposed to a mind-boggling array of technologies – not only client and server security technologies, but obfuscation, machine learning, compilers, operating systems, and more. It’s an incredible place for passionate software engineers who love games and want to have a direct impact protecting our players.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY or Irvine, CA. However, we understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore other possible options, including remote work arrangements.  

Responsibilities: 

•    Expand and advance game security coverage into new territory through C++development for PC, Mac, mobile , and console platforms – protecting ALL Blizzard games.
•    Design, implement, test, and maintain tools and automation that serve as the backbone for our global presence – automating cheat analysis, detection, and data capture.
•    Work closely with game teams to understand security risks, integrate our tools, and design creative solutions that improve defenses without compromis ing performance.
•    Work with security analysts to evaluate and explain cheating behavior and characterize game abuse techniques.
•    Leverage your expertise to design and develop next-generation client and server game security solutions and develop technological roadmaps to compel management to invest in your vision and strategy.
•    Help set the direction of the Game Security Engineering Team through balancing internal team interests and motivations with management deliverables and timelines.
•    Identifies areas for the team to improve both mastery and delivery of capabilities and tasks.
•    Execute primarily (~75%) hands-on with the Team implementing and evaluating GSE capabilities and ~25% coordinating development cycles and long-term releases.
 
Requirements: 

•    10+ years of software development experience, including shipping and maintaining large-scale live-service products across platforms featuring diverse hardware configurations.
•    4+ years’ experience as a technical team leader for small technical engineering teams.
•    Strong understanding of AMD64, Intel x86-64, and/or ARM64 hardware instructions and features usable for execution validation purposes.
•    Self-motivated and passionate by delivering game security software improvements in a timely manner.
•    Great problem solving and debugging ability.
•    Strong ability to communicate with technical and non-technical personnel, including engineers, analysts, and producers.
•    Advanced C++, C, and/or 64-bit assembly programming skills.
•    A great teammate and mentor to those you work with. 
 
Pluses: 

•    Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
•    Familiarity with Jenkins, Docker, and build systems.
•    Interest in how compilers work, LLVM, and code transformations.
•    Reverse engineering skills, assembly programming, or understanding of low-level machine architecture.
•    Experience with anti-tamper software, instrumenting or manipulating programs at a binary level, or creating cheats/bots for games.
•    Operating system internals knowledge (user and/or kernel).
•    Experience in other languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
•    Experience in data analysis or data technologies like Big Query and Splunk.
•    Familiarity with AI mechanisms and how they could be leveraged to augment and automate Game Security Engineering.
•    Experience working within or designing/deploying globally-distributed platforms within GCP, Azure, or AWS.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Accommodation Request: We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [email protected]. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.