Senior Manager of Anti-Cheat Game Protection

Job Title:

Senior Manager of Anti-Cheat Game Protection

Requisition ID:

R025588

Job Description:

Your Mission

Call of Duty is one of the most iconic and successful video game franchises in the world, delivering unforgettable experiences to millions of players. At the heart of that experience is fair play, and that’s where the Ricochet team comes in. We’re on a mission to detect and eliminate cheaters swiftly, ensuring every player enjoys a level playing field.

As the Senior Manager of Anti-Cheat Game Protection, you are responsible for driving the client-side technology that protects the integrity of one of the most beloved franchises in gaming. This involves managing and maintaining the current code base as well as identifying and investing in new technologies and services. All of this needs to be accomplished with a devops mentality to ensure that our systems are always available and operating at a reasonable scale.

What you bring to the table

The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Therefore, this role includes, but is not limited to, the following 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

Why This Role Matters: Your contributions will help millions of players experience Call of Duty as it’s meant to be played—competitive, fair, and thrilling. You’ll tackle complex technical challenges, influence the future of anti-cheat technology, and make a real impact on one of the world’s largest gaming communities.

Player Profile  

Minimum requirements:

Experience  

• 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

Knowledge & Skills  

• Advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal

Key Attributes

• Strong passion for delivering high-quality products

Extra Points

Experience

• Game development experience
• Deep understanding or hands-on experience in the anti-cheat domain
• Devops experience

Knowledge & Skills

• Familiarity with Call of Duty Game Architecture and cheat ecosystem
• Knowledge of complier theory and code obfuscation techniques

Your Platform

Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles. Comprised of seven main teams, we have many specialties including big data, privacy and security, motion capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers, optimization, systems programming and online services including matchmaking and networking. Central Tech is distributed globally with offices across the U.S., and in Canada, England, Ireland and Japan.

Most of our teams are comprised of both engineering and research talent, allowing us to always have an eye on the future. Our talented engineers help with title development and provide valuable knowledge sharing between studios while our researchers are action-oriented and keep a strong connection with the needs of the game studios.

Central Tech is part of Activision. To learn more about us and our research, please visit us at https://research.activision.com/.

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the worl