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Lead Game Security Engineer

Warwick, England, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead Game Security Engineer building a new team and security architecture to defend against cheating, piracy, and attacks for Asura titles.

Role type

Lead Game Security Engineer

Builds

Anti-cheat and DRM solutions for C++ software

Domain

Video game security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++ development, anti-cheat implementation, digital rights management (DRM), reverse engineering, malicious code analysis, security architecture design, team leadership, process framework development, QA collaboration

Preferred skills

Online/multiplayer/live-service game experience, cryptography, network protocols, security research, Windows Resiliency Initiative

Technologies

IDA Pro, Ghidra, OpenSSL, Wireshark, PE, ELF

Responsibilities

Build and manage a team of developers and analysts; Develop and own process framework for managing security threats; Develop in-house capability for reverse engineering and analyzing malicious code; Work with code teams to embed security best practices; Support QA in validating defensive software

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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