Anti-Cheat Engineer, Amazon Games

Amazon Games is seeking a talented Security Engineer to join their Anti team, focusing on protecting the multiplayer experience of millions of players. This role combines cybersecurity expertise with game development, requiring deep understanding of anti-cheat systems, Windows internals, and game security challenges.

As a Security Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining anti-cheat, anti-fraud, and anti-bot solutions. Working alongside industry veterans, you'll create detection systems analyzing telemetry data to identify and counter security threats. The position involves designing and implementing server-side detection rules while working with large-scale data processing systems.

The Anti Team is a new initiative within Amazon Games dedicated to building industry-leading, multi-game anti-cheat solutions from the ground up. Leveraging Amazon's vast platform and compute capabilities, the team aims to make cheating so challenging and frustrating that it becomes non-viable. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering, data science, and game security.

The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $136,000 to $212,800 per year, depending on location and experience. Amazon provides comprehensive benefits including medical coverage and 401k. This is an excellent opportunity for security-minded developers passionate about maintaining fair play in gaming environments and who enjoy working with cutting-edge technology at scale.