Expert Engineer, Security - Central Technology (Anti-Cheat)

Location: British Columbia, Canada

Annual base pay: $115,060–$227,010 CAD, plus possible incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment franchises, including Call of Duty, and its Central Technology organization supports development studios through engineering and research capabilities.

What you will do

• Design and implement advanced anti-cheat technologies to address emerging threats.
• Analyze, update, and enhance protection frameworks for game clients.
• Investigate, develop, and deploy cheat-detection mechanisms that preserve fair gameplay.
• Collaborate with engineers across multiple studios to integrate systems and maintain performance.
• Influence the evolution of anti-cheat technology while solving complex technical challenges for a large gaming community.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant professional software development experience.
• Proven experience working on large-scale, complex systems.
• Deep familiarity with C++ codebases and refactoring.
• Experience in an engineering organization focused on CI/CD, scalability, and automation.
• Expertise in debugging, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Passion for low-level systems work, including reading and debugging compiled code at the assembly level.
• Strong commitment to delivering high-quality products, curiosity about system internals, and the ability to analyze and improve system behavior.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with the internals of a multiplayer game engine.
• Experience in reverse engineering and software analysis.
• DevOps experience.
• Background in mathematics and/or cryptography.
• Deep understanding or hands-on experience with C++ compilation, linking, and toolchains, including diagnosing compiler and linker failures and optimizing build performance.
• Deep understanding of or hands-on experience in the anti-cheat domain.

Culture & Benefits

• Central Technology is distributed globally, with offices across the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, and Japan.
• Work alongside engineering and research specialists supporting multiple game studios and sharing technical knowledge.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, insurance, health spending accounts, and dependent care spending accounts.
• Benefits may include a 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching, paid holidays and vacation, sick time, parental leave, and wellbeing programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires geographic relocation for the role.