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Manager, Anti-Cheat Engineering (Embedded Vanguard) - Central Technology, Anti-Cheat
Riot Games INC · 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, USA; Mercer Island, USA; Redwood City, USA
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 64 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 33 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Riot Games INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Manager, Security Engineering” (Information Security Analysts) in CA: $173k–$173k, median $173k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 64 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 33 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Riot’s Anti-Cheat team is versatile and passionate about our craft. We understand the player impact of cheating in games and are focused on setting the highest bar for the integrity of multiplayer games. We relish the opportunity to work with new tech stacks and bring security to all of Riot's games; each with its own security risk profile and complex challenges. At the most fundamental level, our goal is to promote the best player experience by protecting the legitimacy of their favorite games. As an Anti-Cheat Engineering Manager for Mobile Vanguard, you will lead the team responsible for the ongoing development and evolution of Vanguard Anti-Cheat’s services on mobile. You’ll help set direction, shape priorities, and ensure the team delivers secure, reliable capabilities across Vanguard’s mobile suite in a timely manner. While your primary focus will be enabling the team and driving outcomes, your strong fluency in mobile security and cheat techniques will allow you to guide architecture, challenge technical decisions, and step directly into complex debugging or investigations when needed. You’ll help the team anticipate and analyze emerging cheat techniques, then translate those findings into effective detections, mitigations, and preventative controls. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Anti-Cheat team. Responsibilities: • Manage, identify, recruit, interview, and hire engineers to help the team scale effectively • Set direction and drive high-impact anti-cheat capabilities from ambiguity through production to prevent cheating in mobile and console environments • Lead the team in rapidly translating emerging threats into resilient detections and preventative countermeasures that can be safely deployed at scale • Balance immediate threat response with proactive technical investments that anticipate adversaries’ next moves or eliminate common abuse vectors entirely • Partner with game teams across genres to understand their specific security needs and help shape the security landscape • Promote secure coding standards and design that reduce vectors for cheating • Keep up-to-date with the state of cheats and cheating techniques across mobile titles • Support game teams directly in understanding cheating ecosystems and integrating Anti-Cheat Required Qualifications: • Minimum 4+ years of industry experience • Familiarity or experience with Android and/or iOS platform security models • Deep technical understanding of mobile platforms (Android/iOS) • Experience building and deploying mobile native (C/C++) SDKs and/or frameworks Desired Qualifications: • Experience with Android and/or iOS build tools (Android SDK/NDK, Xcode, LLVM) • Familiarity with Android & iOS executable formats, reverse engineering, or binary exploitation • Experience with mobile reverse engineering tools (Frida, IDA Pro, Radare2, etc) • Experience with Gen9 Console (Xbox Series XS and/or PS5) development a plus • Experience with macOS platform and security features a plus For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position! Our Perks: Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information. At Riot Games, we put players first . That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a ne