Game Security Software Engineer
KRAFTON Americas · El Segundo, CA
Posted about 3 months ago · $146,000-$200,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 88 days KRAFTON Americas's roles stay open a median of 88 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of KRAFTON Americas's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at KRAFTON Americas
- high 7 stale, 0 reposted of 7 open
- Hiring momentum
- 10 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-30
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from KRAFTON Americas's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for KRAFTON Americas.
About this role
As a Senior Game Security Software Engineer at KRAFTON, you will focus on developing and implementing security features for the KRAFTON Security Services (KSS) platform, specifically targeting anti-cheat and client security measures. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include analyzing security threats, designing solutions to detect and respond to cheats and tampering, and ensuring the stability and performance of security detection logic in game environments.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of KRAFTON Americas as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of C++ software development skills
- 5+ years of experience with low-level Windows development expertise focused on security and/or anti-cheat
- Understanding of Windows internals, including processes, threads, virtual memory, synchronization, DLLs, and PE structures
- Ability to understand x64 assembly code and analyze the behavior of disassembled code
- Understanding of core operating system concepts such as kernels, drivers, system calls, interrupts, and memory management
- Basic knowledge of computer architecture, CPU operation, memory structure, and executable file loading processes
Nice to have
- Experience developing Windows kernel drivers
- Understanding of x86/x64 assembly, calling conventions, exception handling, and debugging techniques
- Experience using analysis/debugging tools such as IDA, Ghidra, WinDbg, and x64dbg
- Understanding of techniques such as code injection, API hooking, manual mapping, DKOM, rootkits, anti-debugging, and anti-tamper
- Understanding of Windows platform security technologies such as TPM, Secure Boot, VBS, and HVCI
Worth weighing
- The salary range is specified but may vary based on experience and other factors.
- The role involves low-level Windows development, which may require specialized knowledge and skills.
- Focus on anti-cheat and security features suggests a niche area of expertise that may limit broader software development experience.
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Listed by KRAFTON Americas on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-30. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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