Anti-Cheat Engineer, ARM

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.

Hybrid and possibly remote work options available across most North America locations.

Reports to:

Sr. Manager, Anti-Cheat Engineering.

• 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.

• 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 tool chains.
• Experience shipping Windows drivers on both  and ARM
  64 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
• Illinois (depending on location e.g. Chicago vs Illinois City) $111,600 - $149,600 USD
• Massachusetts (depending on location e.g. Boston vs Springfield) $120,600 - $176,300 USD
• Minnesota (depending on location e.g. Minneapolis vs Saint Paul) $111,600 - $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
• Ontario $104,500 - $134,100 CAD
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane) $111,600 - $149,600 USD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

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.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.

EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.