Senior Windows Kernel and User Mode Engineer

About Bigpoint

Bigpoint was founded in 2002 with the goal to provide great games that everybody can play. Over the following decade and beyond, we have continued to challenge what is possible in the online gaming sector – both from a technical and creative point of view.

With releases such as Seafight, DarkOrbit Reloaded and Farmerama as well as the more recent launches of Drakensang, Hocus Puzzle and League of Angels II we have been consistently aiming to go beyond established benchmarks and introduce innovative gameplay to all categories of players.

This has resulted in passionate communities who we see not only as consumers, but as invaluable and trusted partners who we involve in the shaping of the future of our titles as well as the company itself.

All of our games are free-to play, everybody can access our titles without having to spend any money. Our game designers have the challenge of building monetization systems which are fair for all of our players.

We strive for all of our players to have access to the majority of the content available in our games for free. 

Position

Our client is a startup company who creates technology that enables flexible workforces without compromising organizational security and compliance. We empower people with the tools they need and the trust they deserve to work at their own pace, in their own space. It’s about working hard and playing hard, about thriving in body and mind and reaching one’s full potential – every day.

What You Will Do:

• Your primary responsibility will be to help your distributed team expand compatibility with different Windows applications, as well as continue to improve the security of our Secure Enclave product
• As part of this you will be required to reverse engineer different parts of Windows (user + kernel mode) and how different applications interact with the operating system
• You will be expected to document your work and learnings, as well as code solutions in both C++ and C#
• Regular and thorough communication with your team and QA, product and support teams will be required in written English

Your qualification

• Knowledge of writing drivers in C++ (14, 17)
• Solid experience with WDK (filter driver, WFP, mini filter, NDIS) and kernel level debugging
• Solid understanding of best practices so you can produce high quality, testable and secure code (OOP, smart pointers, STL)
• Experience in developing complex apps (multi-threading, IPC, semaphores, mutex, race conditions, memory handling, etc)
• Debugging experience (Windbg, API Monitor, ProcExp, AppVerifier, etc)
• User mode applications development (ALPC, APC, Windows service, ATL, hooks)
• Knowledge in COM architecture (e.g. marshaling), RPC calls.
• Sandboxing technologies experience (AppContainers, etc)
• Ability to write complex apps in C#
• Mentorship skills

Additional details

We value and champion diversity in all forms and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace environment for everyone. Our goal is for every individual to feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to any interaction with us.