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Lead Game Security Engineer

Runcorn, 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 Asura titles against cheating, piracy, and attacks.

Role type

Lead Game Security Engineer (IC/Team Lead)

Builds

Anti-cheat software, DRM solutions, and security monitoring frameworks for live-service games.

Domain

Gaming / Cybersecurity

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++ development, anti-cheat implementation, digital rights management (DRM), reverse engineering, malicious code analysis, PE/ELF file formats, IDA Pro, Ghidra

Preferred skills

Online/multiplayer game experience at scale, cryptography, network protocols, OpenSSL, Wireshark, Windows Resiliency Initiative

Technologies

C++, IDA Pro, Ghidra, OpenSSL, Wireshark

Responsibilities

Build and manage a team of developers and analysts; Develop process framework for security threat lifecycle management; Utilize reverse engineering to analyze malicious code; Establish development environments with security best practices; Support QA in validating defensive software.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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