Locations: Vancouver - Great Northern Way, British Columbia, Canada
- Location: Vancouver - Great Northern Way
- State: British Columbia
- Country: Canada
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Job description:
Respawn Entertainment is looking for a Games Security Analyst to help support anti-cheat initiatives for Apex Legends. We are looking for someone with an understanding of multiplayer games, anti-cheat philosophies, and who is passionate about security principles and keeping games fair.
What You'll Do...
- Work with teams across EA to effectively guide the use of resources in the battle against cheaters.
- Document and propose new internal processes or improvements.
- Assist in the planning & implementation of new security projects and processes.
- Monitor various metrics and KPIs to identify bad behaviors impacting the health of the game.
- Investigate, document, and communicate about reported cheaters, cheats, exploits, and any other bad behavior that affects the game.
- Monitor the landscape of cheaters and cheat communities to document the latest trends and activities, as well as raising flags when needed to alert others.
You Will Have...
- Familiarity of different types of cheats and how they work, particularly for FPS games.
- Basic experience with anti-cheat technologies.
- General understanding of how online games work, including rendering, networking, and databases.
- Experience querying datasets with SQL.
You’ll Get Bonus Points if You Have...
- Native fluency in Mandarin language (reading/writing)
- Basic knowledge of the Asian streaming services and gaming eco systems
- Basic knowledge of a programming language that can be used for scripting, such as Python.
- Familiarity with account security and account takeover activities.
- An avid FPS gamer
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.