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 qualified 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

Valuable 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

📌 Lead Game Developer Bengaluru (India)
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