Senior Manager – Anti-Cheat Game Protection
Activision
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $146,000 - $270,004 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Python
About the role
- Lead and inspire multiple engineering teams focused on anti-cheat and game protection technology
- Define and communicate the technical vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with franchise goals and player trust
- Balance execution and strategy by driving short-term deliverables while planning for mid- and long-term initiatives
- Foster collaboration across studios to deliver integrated solutions
- Promote a DevOps culture of reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement across all systems and services
- Develop and mentor talent, providing clear feedback and building an engaged, high-performing team
- Contribute to culture by actively shaping a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative environment
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Software Development
- 5 + years of managing engineering team(s)
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python
- Experience working in an engineering organization with a focus on CI/CD, scalability, and automation
- Advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong passion for delivering high-quality products
- Game development experience
- Deep understanding or hands-on experience in the anti-cheat domain
- DevOps experience
- Familiarity with Call of Duty Game Architecture and cheat ecosystem
- Knowledge of complier theory and code obfuscation techniques
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, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
C/C++PythonCI/CDscalabilityautomationalgorithmsdata structuresDevOpscompiler theorycode obfuscation
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringstrategic planningproblem-solvinginnovationteam buildingfeedbackinclusivity