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We continuously push the boundaries of gaming enjoyment by embracing new challenges and technologies and expanding our platforms and services to captivate an even larger fan base. Best known for the genre-defining worldwide sensation PUBG: Battlegrounds, our stellar studios based across the globe include PUBG Studios, Striking Distance Studios, Unknown Worlds, Bluehole Studio, RisingWings and more. In collaboration with our passionate and driven team, we strive to establish ourselves as a renowned creator of masterpieces in the global gaming market.\nTHE OPPORTUNITY\nWe develop, apply, and operate game security solutions and security operations systems to create a trusted gameplay environment for KRAFTON games.\nCentered around KRAFTON Security Services (KSS), we provide core capabilities and services required for game security, including Anti-Cheat, Anti-Tamper, security operations, data analysis, and ML-based detection.\nKSS is a Game Trust Platform that integrates KRAFTON’s game security technologies and operational capabilities. It is evolving into a standardized security platform that multiple game studios can adopt quickly and reliably.\nDUTIES\nDevelop KSS mobile Anti-Cheat and Anti-Tamper features to detect and respond to mobile security threats that may occur in Android and iOS game runtime environments, such as tampering, bypasses, automation, and unauthorized tool usage.\nBased on an understanding of mobile operating systems and runtime behavior, you will analyze client-side security threats and design and implement security features that can be reliably applied across various mobile game environments.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nResearch and develop mobile Anti-Cheat and Anti-Tamper features for Android and iOS\nDetect and respond to mobile game client security threats such as tampering, repackaging, hooking, debugging, rooting/jailbreaking, and automation tools\nAnalyze Android/iOS internals, runtimes, system calls, and security mechanisms\nDesign and implement features for memory/process protection, runtime environment verification, and unauthorized tool detection\nAnalyze new mobile cheat and attack techniques and research defensive technologies\nProvide technical support and improvements to ensure KSS security features are reliably applied across various mobile game environments\nQUALIFICATIONS\n5+ years of experience with C++ software development skills and understanding of object-oriented design\nExperience developing mobile Anti-Cheat, Anti-Tamper, DRM, security solutions, or client protection technologies\nUnderstanding of system programming concepts such as memory management, and multithreading\nExperience developing native clients for Android or iOS, or equivalent understanding\nBasic knowledge of mobile operating systems, runtimes, process/memory structures, and executable file formats\nAbility to analyze problems from a security perspective and design solutions while considering potential bypass methods\nAbility to learn new technologies and solve unfamiliar problems\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n\nExperience designing, developing, or operating SaaS-based security solutions such as Anti-Cheat or Anti-Tamper strongly preferred\nUnderstanding of Android or iOS platform internals\nExperience with mobile native development or analysis technologies such as Android NDK, JNI, Objective-C/Swift, Mach-O, and ELF\nUnderstanding of ARM/AArch64 architecture and assembly\nExperience using reverse engineering and debugging tools such as IDA, Ghidra, Frida, LLDB, and lldb-server\nUnderstanding of mobile security techniques such as rooting/jailbreak detection, hooking detection, repackaging prevention, integrity verification, and obfuscation\nResearch experience in malware analysis, vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, or anti-debugging\nExperience operating security features reliably in large-scale live mobile game environments\nExperience in low-level mobile system programming with consideration for performance, stability, and compatibility\nReasonable Accommodation\nKRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position, perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas, to begin the interactive process.\nEEOC statement\nKRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.\nIn California, the expected salary range for this position is $146,000-$200,000. The listed expected salary range represents a good faith estimate and the actual pay may depend on a variety of job-related factors that can include experience, education, skills, and location.\nDon’t meet every single requirement? \nStudies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply at jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Krafton we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.\n Due to recent scams, our recruiters will only reach out to you via @sds.com, @krafton.com or @pubg.com. 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