Senior Expert, ARM Kernel Developer

Job Description:

• Design, develop, and maintain kernel-mode driver capabilities for anti-cheat protections across x64 and Windows on Arm platforms
• Analyze, port, debug, and enhance production driver functionality
• Ensure driver stability, performance, and compatibility across hardware and Windows configurations
• Research cheat techniques and evasion methods
• Develop resilient detection and protection mechanisms using Windows internals, reverse engineering, and kernel architecture
• Partner with security engineers, platform teams, and external partners
• Validate hardware compatibility
• Improve development and testing infrastructure
• Ship and operate driver technology in live products
• Support Activision development studios and their titles through Central Technology

Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience with deep expertise in C/C++
• 5+ years developing, debugging, and maintaining Windows kernel-mode drivers
• Proven experience building and supporting production-quality system software
• Windows on Arm, ARM64, or ARM64EC development experience
• Experience diagnosing and resolving complex driver, platform, and OS compatibility issues
• Experience with automated build, test, and validation environments
• Deep understanding of Windows on Arm, Windows kernel, driver model, and operating system internals
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Arm, x86/x64 assembly
• Expert-level debugging skills using WinDbg and related tooling
• Strong understanding of Windows Internals, process, memory, and executable image internals
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Passion for building reliable, high-quality low-level software
• Curiosity to understand how systems work internally and solve complex technical problems
• Comfortable analyzing and debugging code at the assembly level
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
• Clear and effective communication skills
• Windows security or security software development experience
• Reverse engineering experience
• Experience developing anti-cheat, endpoint security, anti-malware, or EDR solutions
• Experience working with multiplayer game technology
• Understanding of advanced cheat-evasion techniques, rootkits, bootkits, hypervisors, DKOM, EPT manipulation, and vulnerable-driver abuse
• Deep understanding of C++ build systems, compilation, linking, and toolchains

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
• Supplemental life & disability insurance
• Legal service
• ID protection
• Rental insurance
• Relocation assistance may be available if the Company requires geographic relocation
• Incentive compensation may be available (not guaranteed)