Anti-Cheat Engineering Intern (Master's/PhD) at Riot Games

Riot Games makes League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics and VALORANT. Its Anti-Cheat team protects fair play. As an Anti-Cheat Engineering Intern you work with Vanguard engineers on a summer research project on how agentic AI changes the strength of software obfuscation and virtualisation.

Key responsibilities

• Scope and finish a research project on AI-assisted analysis of protected code
• Build and improve AI harnesses that test code-protection techniques
• Run experiments that show where AI succeeds or fails on protected binaries
• Research ways to make obfuscation more resilient to AI reverse engineering
• Document methods and results and present findings to engineers

Requirements

• Enrolled in a Master's or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, cybersecurity or similar
• C or C++ programming experience
• Experience with agentic AI tools or harnesses
• Coursework in operating systems, architecture, compilers and software security; GPA 2.5 or higher
• Available full-time for 12 weeks; authorised to work in the US, no visa sponsorship

Nice to have

• Reverse engineering or binary analysis
• Python, Git and testing
• Windows internals or game security

Location and schedule

• Los Angeles, California
• 12 weeks, full-time, summer 2027
• Applications close 4 January 2027

Salary and benefits

Paid internship with 401(k), in-game perks and the Play Fund. The posting gives an hourly rate of USD 80.77 for remote interns.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.