Lead Console Developer

Hands-on technical lead owning both Xbox Series X|S and PS5 platform integration — certification, SDK lifecycle, submission packaging, and crash/stability debugging. Not a management role. They write code daily, own both cert pipelines, and debug on codebases they didn't build.
Must Have :
- 10+ years professional game development
- Minimum 5 years on console (Xbox / PlayStation)
- Shipped at least one title through Xbox certification (XR) — personally owned platform integration and submission
- Shipped at least one title through PlayStation certification (TRC) — personally owned it (doesn't need to be the same title)
- Unity on console — IL2CPP builds, platform-dependent compilation, Unity Input System, on-device profiling
- Xbox GDK — MicrosoftGame.config, Submission Validator, Xbox Identity, achievements, PLM (suspend/resume/constrained)
- PS5 SDK — param.json/sfo, Check, Prospero tools, Trophies, save-data API, system-language detection
- Experience shipping on codebases they did not build — ports, rescues, takeovers




- Currently coding — if they haven't committed code in the last year, wrong role
Good to Have :
- Worked at a porting/outsourcing earlier
- Unity version migration on console (LTS upgrades, plugin breakage after SDK updates)
- Middleware — Wwise/FMOD, Rewired, analytics SDKs, platform store/social plugins
- PS5 DualSense — haptics, adaptive triggers, controller speaker
- Xbox and PS5 Accessibility guidelines implementation
- On-device profiling — Razor GPU profiler (PS5), PIX (Xbox)
Preferred Not Mandatory :
- Unreal Engine console experience in addition to Unity
- Multiplayer / online services — PlayFab, Xbox Live, PSN
- PS5 Trinity support configuration
- Experience mentoring junior console developers

Please note: This position is for one of Playdawn's clients, and successful candidates will be hired directly by the client, not by Playdawn.

*Our client is proud to be an equal prospect employer. They are committed to fo

📌 Lead Game Developer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Playdawn Consulting
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