Game Security Full-Stack Engineer

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Company Overview

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building, and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, 2K PGA, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Quarry, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

The IT and Security teams build, monitor and maintain their corporate and production infrastructure that their fans need to play their games. They are experts in systems, networks, cloud technology and security. Their teams maintain the enterprise and development technology stacks that run their company and support their gamers. The IT and Security teams operate globally to ensure a consistent and exceptional experience for the entirety of the 2K ecosystem.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

Position Overview:

2K is looking for an enthusiastic, talented and personable Game Security Full-Stack Engineer who enjoys a collaborative and creative work environment and is looking to push the boundaries of our Anti-Cheat, Anti-Piracy and Anti-Toxicity efforts to join our globally growing security team.

Applicants will be highly motivated and organized, able to work as part of a team, communicate with our game studios as well as security vendors, game platforms, etc.

You will help us keep our games fair and protected by developing new and improving existing applications which apply Anti-Piracy and Anti-Cheat products to our games on multiple game platforms and operating systems. You will also support our team of data analysts by optimizing their experience reviewing game and Anti-Cheat telemetry data, set up automation for their use cases and create a web application for easy access to relevant data for customer service agents.

As a passionate gamer you care about the gaming community and ensure that players have the best experience possible.

Equally important to technical skills is the collaboration with game teams and other tech teams to transfer security knowledge.

Your profile and expertise:

• Frontend Development: Proficient in regular used frameworks, with a focus on building responsive, user-friendly interfaces across devices and browsers.
• Server-Side Programming: Expertise in C#, Python or Go for building scalable, efficient, and secure backend systems.
• Code Quality & Team Collaboration: Produce high-quality, maintainable code, and actively participate in code reviews to improve team performance and coding standards.
• Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps: Experience with cloud service providers (e.g. AWS) for deploying, managing and scaling backend services, including containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Accessibility & Security Compliance: Implement WCAG accessibility standards and security best practices to ensure safe, inclusive applications.
• Data Integration & SQL: Skilled in integrating multiple data sources and databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), with SQL query and database optimization expertise.
• Documentation: Create clear, concise documentation for code, APIs, and workflows, ensuring long-term maintainability and security transparency.

What you will do

• Collect the requirements (aligned with our Technical Program Manager and Coordinator) from game studios (build managers), customer service and game security to apply protection to their game builds and seamlessly integrate into their build pipelines, and access relevant Anti-Cheat and Anti-Toxicity data.
• Tailor protections to ensure undisrupted performance of the game.
• Design, prototype, and develop internal tools and test environments to enhance the functionality of our development pipeline, ensuring robust security and operational efficiency.
• Work with our Security Engineering team for a secure deployment of the applications you create.

Requirements

• Able to work well with software development, data analysts and our Technical Program Manager and Coordinator.
• Good foundation in computer science, algorithms, and web design.
• Excellent and professional communication skills in English (written and verbal) with an ability to articulate complex topics in a clear and concise manner.
• Familiarity with techniques used in games for cheating, fraud and exploitation.

Nice To Have:

• Reverse engineering skills and understanding of network and web related protocols are a plus.
• Familiarity with calling third party APIs and data enrichment in general.
• Familiarity with data lakehouses and pipelines.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.