Senior Expert, ARM Kernel Developer

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🔥 13 hours ago

🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

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💵 $167k - $309k / year

⏰ Full Time

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📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain kernel-mode driver capabilities for anti-cheat protections across x64 and Windows on Arm platforms • Analyze, port, debug, and enhance production driver functionality • Ensure driver stability, performance, and compatibility across hardware and Windows configurations • Research cheat techniques and evasion methods • Develop resilient detection and protection mechanisms using Windows internals, reverse engineering, and kernel architecture • Partner with security engineers, platform teams, and external partners • Validate hardware compatibility • Improve development and testing infrastructure • Ship and operate driver technology in live products • Support Activision development studios and their titles through Central Technology

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software development experience with deep expertise in C/C++ • 5+ years developing, debugging, and maintaining Windows kernel-mode drivers • Proven experience building and supporting production-quality system software • Windows on Arm, ARM64, or ARM64EC development experience • Experience diagnosing and resolving complex driver, platform, and OS compatibility issues • Experience with automated build, test, and validation environments • Deep understanding of Windows on Arm, Windows kernel, driver model, and operating system internals • Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Arm, x86/x64 assembly • Expert-level debugging skills using WinDbg and related tooling • Strong understanding of Windows Internals, process, memory, and executable image internals • Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures • Passion for building reliable, high-quality low-level software • Curiosity to understand how systems work internally and solve complex technical problems • Comfortable analyzing and debugging code at the assembly level • Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills • Clear and effective communication skills • Windows security or security software development experience • Reverse engineering experience • Experience developing anti-cheat, endpoint security, anti-malware, or EDR solutions • Experience working with multiplayer game technology • Understanding of advanced cheat-evasion techniques, rootkits, bootkits, hypervisors, DKOM, EPT manipulation, and vulnerable-driver abuse • Deep understanding of C++ build systems, compilation, linking, and toolchains

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance • 401(k) with Company match • Tuition reimbursement • Charitable donation matching • Paid holidays and vacation • Paid sick time • Floating holidays • Compassion and bereavement leaves • Parental leave • Mental health & wellbeing programs • Fitness programs • Free and discounted games • Supplemental life & disability insurance • Legal service • ID protection • Rental insurance • Relocation assistance may be available if the Company requires geographic relocation • Incentive compensation may be available (not guaranteed)

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