Senior Mobile Anticheat Programmer

ECOSEC

What We Do

Our ECOSEC team provides a safer experience for Epic's users. We work across multiple products and services to improve technology and craft transparent policies so our players and users can have positive experiences on our platforms.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Senior iOS Anti-Cheat Engineer to join the efforts of protecting our games against cheaters and other bad actors. Your efforts will be critical to the success of game projects such as Fortnite. You will be the main responsible individual for the excellence of our anti-cheat efforts in iOS with possibilities to contribute across the board on anti-cheat work. The ideal candidate has extensive experience developing low-level software for iOS and a security background. This is an incredible opportunity to create a fun and safe environment for millions of players and make a positive impact on the entire Epic ecosystem.

In this role, you will

• Develop new technologies that identify untrustworthy mobile devices in our games


• Collaborate with engineers, data analysts, and other developers to improve existing safety and security processes


• Monitor and reverse engineer emerging threats to implement appropriate remediations


• Design and implement strategies and tactics to make it harder for attackers to analyze and circumvent our security checks on iOS and beyond

What we're looking for

• Expert knowledge of iOS internals and security stack, from boot to the app sandbox


• Expert knowledge of C++ in a game security environment


• Expert knowledge of ARM64 ISA


• Ability to reverse-engineer IPA files


• Knowledge of software obfuscation techniques


• Experience working with large codebases and independently writing robust code that will ship across millions of devices


• Good knowledge of Objective-C


• Technical understanding of mobile device exploitation, security, or root/jailbreak procedures


• You’re user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.