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Senior software engineer (c++)

Edinburgh
Rockstar Games
Software engineer
€70,000 a year
Posted: 20 May
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Position

Senior Software Engineer (C++) – Full-time, permanent, in-office at Rockstar’s state-of-the-art game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland.


What We Do

* The Core Security team is responsible for protecting our players, employees, and business.
* We develop anti-cheat to preserve the integrity of our online experience.
* We build anti-piracy measures to preserve our intellectual property.
* We create and apply anti-tamper technologies to protect sensitive areas of code.
* We support all Rockstar titles including Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption.
* We work closely with many cross-functional teams to enhance the security of our games.


Responsibilities

* Create and innovate solutions to better secure our products from known vulnerabilities.
* Research and implement various forms of anti-tamper technologies and anti-cheat technologies.
* Debug exceptions to resolve issues related to obfuscation transformations and anti-tamper mechanisms.
* Performance profile protected and unprotected code to meet expected performance requirements.
* Follow software SDLC to integrate into the game team’s operations.
* Test cross-platform software solutions to ensure quality.


Requirements

* 7+ years of experience working in a software/security development team using C++.
* Experience with security and/or game development.
* Excellent problem-solving skills with an emphasis on debugging C++ code.
* Analytical skills geared towards the measurement of system performance and memory use, plus the communication skills needed to generate solutions.
* Independently able to take objectives from ideation to execution.


Pluses

* Strong understanding of reverse engineering concepts and methodologies.
* Strong understanding of game protection technologies.
* Experience with disassemblers and decompilers: IDA Pro.
* Experience with core cryptography concepts.
* Experience with crash dumps and x64.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please notify your recruiter during the interview process. If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

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