Investigations Engineer - Source Code (C++, Java, Javascript, Python, SQL)

Keystone is a premier economics, technology, and strategy consulting firm built to help companies lead through transformation. As breakthrough innovations reshape industries, redefine competition and change our society, complex and highly competitive ecosystems emerge. Keystone advises technology leaders, Fortune 100 companies, their legal counsel, and governments on business, economic, litigation, and regulatory strategy in relation to these innovations and competitive eco-systems. We operate globally from offices in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Dubai, and Washington, D.C.

About the Source Code Investigations Engineer Role

As a Source Code Investigations Engineer at Keystone, you will dive deep into complex software systems to uncover evidence of intellectual property infringement. Your work will span from tracing the lineage of algorithms and identifying copied or derivative code, to presenting structured technical findings that withstand legal scrutiny.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze software systems and present summary findings to clients
• Assess the originality, similarity, and differences between multiple software systems
• Reverse engineer software applications, features, and functionality
• Evaluate the complexity and value of software developed
• Investigate the behavior of software systems against expected behavior from legal claims
• Draft documents describing the functionality and behavior of software systems
• Present technical findings to non-technical clients
• Develop and productize tools to make source code analysis more efficient and scalable

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