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Location: Hybrid and Possibly Remote work options available across most North America locations

Reports to: Sr. Manager, Anti-Cheat Engineering

Job Summary:

Join us at Electronic Arts and help inspire the world to play by ensuring fair competition for millions of players. As part of our SPEAR Anti-Cheat Engineering team, you will lead the development of Windows on ARM support for EA Javelin Anticheat, working with a collaborative group dedicated to game security and integrity. You will report to the Sr. Manager, Anti-Cheat Engineering and work from our Austin office or remotely across North America.

Responsibilities:

• You will develop a native ARM driver for EA Javelin Anticheat, porting existing features to ARM architecture.
• You will create support for loading multiple versions of EA Javelin Anticheat based on user hardware.
• You will implement build and test pipelines to automate validation of EA Javelin Anticheat on ARM devices.
• You will design solutions for new security threats on ARM and chart future support for additional OS and hardware.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience with C++ or other low-level programming languages.
• 3+ years of experience with Windows internals and processor intrinsics.
• 2+ years of experience with Clang and LLVM toolchains.
• Experience shipping Windows drivers on both x86_64 and ARM64 platforms.

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)
  • $104,500 - $142,800 CAD

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco)
  • $120,600 - $184,000 USD

• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs)
  • $120,600 - $149,600 USD

• Jersey City, NJ
  • $120,600 - $181,900 USD

• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo)
  • $111,600 - $181,900 USD

• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane)
  • $111,600 - $149,600 USD

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.  

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.