Senior Manager – Anti-Cheat Game Protection

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Senior Manager of Anti-Cheat Game Protection at Activision, focusing on game integrity and anti-cheat technology. Leading engineering teams while promoting a DevOps culture.

Responsibilities:

  • 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.