Remote C++ Software Engineer

Summary

Join Rockstar Games as a talented security-focused Software Engineer to drive anti-cheat and security initiatives for the Cfx.re creator platforms, including FiveM and RedM. As a member of our team, you will create innovative solutions to enhance the security of our products and protect our community.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience on a software development team using C++ in an agile development environment
• Prior professional and/or personal experience in security, reverse engineering, and/or game development
• Experience with disassemblers and decompilers such as IDA Pro
• Experience with crash dumps and x64 assembly
• An understanding of computing fundamentals and related terminology
• Demonstrable experience with C/C++ programming
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an emphasis on debugging C++ code
• Understanding of memory layout considerations as related to padding and cache efficiency
• Analytical skills geared towards the measurement of system performance, memory use, etc., plus the communication skills needed to generate solutions
• Ability to collaborate positively with other teams within the Creator Platform department and across Rockstar studios

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain new technologies to enhance anti-cheat measures for the FiveM/RedM game client, server and supporting backend services
• Utilise reverse engineering skills to analyse malicious code and tune security measures
• Monitor and continually refine anti-cheat strategies to gauge effectiveness and identify exploits, attacks, and false negatives
• Work across internal teams to identify new exploits / threat vectors and devise innovative solutions to address them
• Research and implement various forms of anti-tamper technologies, anti-cheat technologies, and/or DRM
• Create, evolve and maintain documentation around anti-cheat technologies and cheat/exploit countermeasures
• Manage, triage and handle external security reports and related communications in collaboration with other Rockstar Security teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of reverse engineering concepts and methodologies
• Familiarity with game protection technologies and core cryptography concepts
• Experience with 3rd party anti-cheat technologies
• Experience in working with external researchers and handling incoming reports around vulnerabilities and exploits