Job Title:
Senior Engineer, ARM Platform Security – RICOCHET – Central Technology
Requisition ID:
R028288
Job Description:
Your Mission
Call of Duty is one of the most iconic and successful video game franchises in the world, delivering unforgettable experiences to millions of players. At the heart of that experience is fair play—and that’s where the Ricochet team comes in. We’re on a mission to detect and eliminate cheaters swiftly, ensuring every player enjoys a level playing field.
In this role as a Senior Engineer, your experience working with Windows on the Arm Platform will be critical as you help port some of our key security features to Windows on Arm. Your work will directly protect the integrity of one of the most beloved franchises in gaming as we bring it to more PC platforms.
What you bring to the table
The Game Security team’s priorities can change quickly based on the threat landscape. The following areas of ownership will act as a baseline. Therefore, this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
Innovate and Evolve: Design and implement advanced anti-cheat technologies to stay ahead of emerging threats.
Strengthen Core Systems: Analyze, update, and enhance existing protection frameworks to maintain top-tier security.
Detect and Defend: Investigate, develop, and deploy cheat detection mechanisms that keep gameplay fair and fun.
Collaborate Across Studios: Work closely with engineers across multiple teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.
Why This Role Matters: Your contributions will help millions of players experience Call of Duty as it’s meant to be played - competitive, fair, and thrilling. You’ll tackle complex technical challenges, influence the future of anti-cheat technology, and make a real impact on one of the world’s largest gaming communities.
Player Profile
Minimum Requirements
Experience
8+ years of relevant professional software development experience
5+ years of experience with Windows Platform on ARM
Proven experience working on large-scale complex systems
Experience with C++ codebases and refactoring
Experience working in an engineering organization with a focus on CI/CD, scalability, and automation
Expertise in debugging, optimization and performance tuning
Knowledge & Skills
Advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures
Key Attributes
Strong passion for delivering high-quality products
Curiosity and drive to understand how systems work under the hood, break them down, analyze their behavior, and improve them
Passion for low-level systems work, including comfort reading and debugging compiled code at the assembly level
Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal
Extra Points
Experience
Experience with Windows Internals Experience with Windows Security
Experience working on the internals of a multi-player game engine
Experience in reverse engineering software analysis
Knowledge & Skills
Background in Mathematics and/or cryptography
Deep understanding of C++ compilation, linking, and toolchains, including diagnosing compiler and linker failures and optimizing build performance
Deep understanding or hands-on experience in the anti-cheat domain
Your Platform
Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles. Comprised of seven main teams, we have many specialties including big data, privacy and security, motion capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers, optimization, systems programming and online services including matchmaking and networking. Central Tech is distributed globally with offices across the U.S., and in Canada, England, Ireland and Japan.
Most of our teams are comprised of both engineering and research talent, allowing us to always have an eye on the future. Our talented engineers help with title development and provide valuable knowledge sharing between studios while our researchers are action-oriented…